Planar patch clamp for neuronal networks - Considerations and future perspectives

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1183, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-113

  Bosca, Alessandro ^a   Martina, Marzia ^b   Py, Christophe ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical patterning; Ion channels; Microfluidic networks; Neuronal networks; Patch clamp chips; Synapses

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICON NITRIDE; ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PLANAR PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; DISSECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURES; RAT; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; DISSECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84924930436     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1096-0_6     Document Type: Article

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