Patch-clamp array neurochips: Value in interrogating simple neuronal networks with high resolution

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-5

  Mealing, Geoffrey ^a   Py, Christophe ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

disease models; electrophysiology; ion channels; neuronal networks; patch clamp; pharmaceutical screens

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICON NITRIDE;

AUTOMATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROELECTRODE; MICROFLUIDICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

EID: 78650319032     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.10.81     Document Type: Review

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