Emergent functional properties of neuronal networks with controlled topology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Marconi, Emanuele ^a,b   Nieus, Thierry ^a   Maccione, Alessandro ^a   Valente, Pierluigi ^a   Simi, Alessandro ^a   Messa, Mirko ^a   Dante, Silvia ^a   Baldelli, Pietro ^a,b   Berdondini, Luca ^a   Benfenati, Fabio ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; RATS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84859503608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034648     Document Type: Article

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