Two cell circuits of oriented adult hippocampal neurons on self-assembled monolayers for use in the study of neuronal communication in a defined system

ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1174-1182

  Edwards, Darin ^a   Stancescu, Maria ^a   Molnar, Peter ^a,b   Hickman, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adult neurons; electrophysiological characterization networks; hippocampus; polarity; self assembled monolayers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84883248915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cn300206k     Document Type: Article

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