Spinal cord explants use carbon nanotube interfaces to enhance neurite outgrowth and to fortify synaptic inputs

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2041-2055

  Fabbro, Alessandra ^a   Villari, Ambra ^a   Laishram, Jummi ^a   Scaini, Denis ^a,b   Toma, Francesca M ^a   Turco, Antonio ^a   Prato, Maurizio ^a   Ballerini, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

electrical stimulation; growth cone; nanoscaffold; organotypic cultures; patch clamp; postsynaptic current; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; GROWTH CONE; NANOSCAFFOLDS; ORGANOTYPIC CULTURE; PATCH CLAMP;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MONOLAYERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEURONS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELASTICITY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEURITE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELASTICITY; MICE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NERVE NET; NEURITES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84859139652     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203519r     Document Type: Article

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