Calibrated micropost arrays for biomechanical characterisation of cardiomyocytes

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 317-322

  Kim, K ^a,b,c,d   Taylor, R ^a,c   Sim, J Y ^a,c   Park, S J ^a,c   Norman, J ^a,b,c,e   Fajardo, G ^b,c   Bernstein, D ^b,c   Pruitt, B L ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION SYSTEM; CARDIAC FUNCTIONS; CARDIOMYOCYTES; CHARACTERISATION; CONTRACTILE FORCE; DISEASE DEVELOPMENT; HEART DISEASE; HIGH THROUGHPUT; MICROFABRICATED; MICROPIPETTES; MYOCYTES; PIEZORESISTIVE FORCE SENSORS; QUANTITATIVE FORCES; QUANTITATIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS; RAT NEONATAL CARDIOMYOCYTES; REPLICA MOLDING; SINGLE-CELL MEASUREMENTS; WISTAR RAT;

CALIBRATION; CARBON FIBERS; DISEASE CONTROL; EQUIPMENT TESTING; EXTRACTION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PEDIATRICS; TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROPIPETTE; MICROPOST ARRAY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 79957647399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2011.0031     Document Type: Article

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