Novel aspects of neuronal differentiation in vitro and monitoring with advanced biosensor tools

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 900-908

  Valero, T ^a   Kintzios, S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Cellular models; Free radicals; Microfluidics; Micropatterning; Mitochondrial biogenesis; Neuronal differentiation; Three dimensional culture

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FREE RADICAL; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CELL ADHESION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROFLUIDICS; MITOCHONDRION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 79952789251     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986711794927739     Document Type: Article

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