Nanowires precisely grown on the ends of microwire electrodes permit the recording of intracellular action potentials within deeper neural structures

Nanomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 847-853

  Ferguson, John E ^a   Boldt, Christopher ^b   Puhl, Joshua G ^b   Stigen, Tyler W ^a   Jackson, Jadin C ^b   Crisp, Kevin M ^c   Mesce, Karen A ^b   Netoff, Theoden I ^a   Redish, A David ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

electrophysiology; intracellular recording; nanoelectrode; nanotechnology; nanowire; neuron

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTRODE; GANGLION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GANGLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEECHES; MICROELECTRODES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 84862855171     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.11.157     Document Type: Article

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