The role of mechanical tension in neurons

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1274, Issue , 2010, Pages 3-7

  Rajagopalan, Jagannathan ^a   Tofangchi, Alireza ^a   Saif, M Taher A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION RESPONSE; EXTERNAL FORCE; FORCE SENSOR; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-VIVO; MECHANICAL FORCE; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MECHANICAL TENSION; MICRO-MECHANICAL; STEADY-STATE VALUES; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; VISCOELASTIC SOLIDS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

NEURONS;

EID: 79951621829     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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