A microfluidic chip for axonal isolation and electrophysiological measurements

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 276-282

  Jokinen, Ville ^a   Sakha, Prasanna ^b   Suvanto, Pia ^a   Rivera, Claudio ^b   Franssila, Sami ^a   Lauri, Sari E ^b   Huttunen, Henri J ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Axonal isolation; Axons; Compartmentalization; Electrophysiology; Microfluidics; PDMS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LENTIVIRUS INFECTION; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MICROFLUIDICS; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RATS;

EID: 84875113126     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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