Atomic force microscopy and its contribution to understanding the development of the nervous system

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 530-537

  Franze, Kristian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MICROGLIA; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 82455210889     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: 18790380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2011.07.001     Document Type: Review

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