Microtechnologies to fuel neurobiological research with nanometer precision

Journal of Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Brunello, Cecilia A ^a   Jokinen, Ville ^b   Sakha, Prasanna ^a   Terazono, Hideyuki ^c,d   Nomura, Fumimasa ^c   Kaneko, Tomoyuki ^c   Lauri, Sari E ^a   Franssila, Sami ^b   Rivera, Claudio ^a   Yasuda, Kenji ^c,d   Huttunen, Henri J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; Connectivity; Electrophysiology; Microfabrication; Microfluidics; Micropatterning; Neurobiology; Neurodegeneration; On chip technology; Plasticity; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

AXONAL TRANSPORTS; CONNECTIVITY; MICRO PATTERNING; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEURODEGENERATION; ON CHIPS; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PLASTICITY;

MICROFABRICATION;

ACCURACY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRODE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROFLUIDICS; MYELINATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MODELS, ANIMAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEURONS;

EID: 84875921064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14773155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-11-11     Document Type: Review

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