Microfluidic and compartmentalized platforms for neurobiological research

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 185-200

  Taylor, Anne M ^a   Jeon, Noo Li ^b  

^a USA and North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Axon compartment; Central axons; Compartmentalization; Compartmentalized devices; Microfluidic devices; Microfluidic platforms; Neuron cell culture; Synaptic compartment

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROFLUIDICS;

AXON COMPARTMENT; CENTRAL AXONS; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; COMPARTMENTALIZED DEVICES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; NEURON CELLS; SYNAPTIC COMPARTMENT;

NEURONS;

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN;

AXONAL INJURY; CELL CULTURE EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COCULTURE; COMPARTMENTALIZED MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GLIA CELL; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLUIDICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 79960101731     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v39.i3.20     Document Type: Review

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