A galvanotaxis assay for analysis of neural precursor cell migration kinetics in an externally applied direct current electric field

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 68, 2012, Pages

  Babona Pilipos, Robart ^a   Popovic, Milos R ^b   Morshead, Cindi M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Cell migration; Cellular biology; Electric fields; Galvanotaxis; Issue 68; Molecular biology; Neural precursor cells; Neuroscience; Physiology; Time lapse imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868268370     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4193     Document Type: Article

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