Measuring the elastic properties of living cells through the analysis of current-displacement curves in scanning ion conductance microscopy

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 464, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-316

  Pellegrino, Mario ^a   Pellegrini, Monica ^b   Orsini, Paolo ^a   Tognoni, Elisabetta ^c   Ascoli, Cesare ^c   Baschieri, Paolo ^c   Dinelli, Franco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cell elasticity; Scanning ion conductance microscopy

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL ELASTICITY; CELL SURFACE; CELLS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT DISPLACEMENT CURVE; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLAST; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIVING CELL; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIPETTE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ION CONDUCTANCE MICROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; FIBROBLASTS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING;

EID: 84866730163     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-012-1127-6     Document Type: Article

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