Neuronal cell growth on iridium oxide

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1055-1067

  Göbbels, Katrin ^a   Kuenzel, Thomas ^a   van Ooyen, André ^a   Baumgartner, Werner ^a   Schnakenberg, Uwe ^a   Bräunig, Peter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Cell culture; Iridium; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TESTS; COATED SURFACE; CONCANAVALIN A; ENZYME ASSAYS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; IRIDIUM OXIDES; IRIDIUM SURFACES; MULTIELECTRODE ARRAYS; NEURONAL CELL; SINGLE NEURON; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; VALUE DETERMINATION;

ADHESION; AMINO ACIDS; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; COATED MATERIALS; CONTACT ANGLE; GROWTH KINETICS; IRIDIUM; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; NEURONS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WELL STIMULATION;

OXIDE FILMS;

CONCANAVALIN A; IRIDIUM; POLYLYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOARRAY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; GRASSHOPPERS; IRIDIUM; MATERIALS TESTING; NEURONS;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 72149090897     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.10.029     Document Type: Article

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