A high-throughput method for generating uniform microislands for autaptic neuronal cultures

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-235

  Sgro, Allyson E ^a   Nowak, Amy L ^b   Austin, Naola S ^b   Custer, Kenneth L ^a   Allen, Peter B ^a   Chiu, Daniel T ^a   Bajjalieh, Sandra M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autapses; Cell culture; Cell patterning; Dendritic arbors; Electrophysiology; Neuron patterning

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; DIMETICONE; POLYLYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79957676281     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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