Combined optical tweezers and laser dissector for controlled ablation of functional connections in neural networks

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Difato, Francesco ^a   Dal Maschio, Marco ^a   Marconi, Emanuele ^a   Ronzitti, Giuseppe ^a   MacCione, Alessandro ^a   Fellin, Tommasso ^a   Berdondini, Luca ^a   Chieregatti, Evelina ^a   Benfenati, Fabio ^a   Blau, Axel ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

force spectroscopy; holography; laser dissection; microelectrode array electrophysiology; neural network; optical tweezers

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM IMAGING; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTION; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL TWEEZERS; IN-VITRO; LASER DISSECTION; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NETWORK ACTIVITIES; NETWORK LEVEL; NEURAL ACTIVITY; NEURAL PROCESS; NEURITES; NEURONAL PROCESS; OPTICAL TOOLS; PRECISE METHOD; SINGLE NEURON; SUB-CELLULAR; SUBCELLULAR RESOLUTION; UV LASERS;

ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOLOGRAPHY; INFRARED LASERS; LASER RECORDING; MICROELECTRODES; NEUROLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROCESS CONTROL;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DISSECTION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MICROSURGERY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEURITE; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RAT; ROBOTICS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISSECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASER THERAPY; MICROSURGERY; NERVE NET; NEURITES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROBOTICS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 79955653511     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3560268     Document Type: Article

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