Prolonging life in chick forebrain-neuron culture and acquiring spontaneous spiking activity on a microelectrode array

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 499-509

  Kuang, Serena Y ^a   Wang, Zhonghai ^a   Huang, Ting ^b   Wei, Lina ^b   Xi, Tingfei ^b   Kindy, Mark ^a,c,d   Gao, Bruce Z ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Chick forebrain neuron; Lifespan; Microelectrode array; Spontaneous spiking activity

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL NETWORKS;

AGE DEPENDENCY; CORTICAL NEURONS; COST EFFECTIVE; FOREBRAIN NEURONS; LIFE SPAN; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY; NEURONAL NETWORKS; SCREENING TOOL;

NEURONS;

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHICK EMBRYO; COCULTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GLIA; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROELECTRODES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 84925500058     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-014-1704-1     Document Type: Article

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