Effects of small pulsed nanocurrents on cell viability in vitro and in vivo: Implications for biomedical electrodes

Biomaterials

Volumn 31, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 8666-8673

  Gabi, Michael ^a   Bullen, Michael E ^b,c   Agarkova, Irina ^b,c   Schmidt, Dörthe ^b,c   Schoenauer, Roman ^b,c   Brokopp, Chad ^b,c   Emmert, Maximilian Y ^b,c   Larmagnac, Alexandre ^a   Sannomiya, Takumi ^a   Weber, Benedikt ^b,c   Wilhelm, Markus J ^b   Vörös, Janos ^a   Hoerstrup, Simon P ^b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ELECTRODES; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC; APPLIED CURRENT; BIOMEDICAL ELECTRODES; CASPASE-3; CELL VIABILITY; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; IMPLANTED ELECTRODES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; PLATINUM SURFACE; POST-IMPLANTATION; PULSED CURRENTS; RAT MODEL; TISSUE INTERFACE; WORKING ELECTRODE;

CELL DEATH; PLATINUM; PULSE GENERATORS; SIGNAL GENERATORS;

ELECTRODES;

CASPASE 3; PLATINUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HISTOLOGY; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NANOMEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PULSE GENERATOR; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 77957311779     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.07.092     Document Type: Article

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