Multiphysics simulation of a microfluidic perfusion chamber for brain slice physiology

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 761-767

  Caicedo, Hector H ^a   Hernandez, Maximiliano ^a   Fall, Christopher P ^a   Eddington, David T ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations; Microfluidics; Organotypic brain slice cultures (OBSC)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; BRAIN SLICES; BRAIN TISSUE; CFD-ACE+; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; FLUID FLOW; FLUORESCENT DYES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MATRIX; MICRO-SCALES; MULTIPHYSICS SIMULATIONS; OPTIMAL SPACING; ORGANOTYPIC BRAIN SLICE CULTURES (OBSC); PERFUSION SYSTEM; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POROUS MATRIXS; SIMULATED FLUIDS;

BODY FLUIDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTIMIZATION; SILICONES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID FLOW; FLUID TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC BRAIN SLICE DEVICE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; MICE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERFUSION; PHYSICS; POROSITY;

EID: 78049305593     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-010-9430-5     Document Type: Article

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