Active pixel sensor multielectrode array for high spatiotemporal resolution

Nanotechnology and Neuroscience: Nano-Electronic, Photonic and Mechanical Neuronal Interfacing

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 207-238

  Berdondini, L ^a   Bosca, A ^a   Nieus, T ^a   Maccione, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALS; LONG TERM STABILITY; LOW FREQUENCY FIELDS; MACHINE INTERFACES; MULTIELECTRODE ARRAYS; NEURAL PROSTHETIC; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

NEURONS;

EID: 84948383897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-8038-0_7     Document Type: Chapter

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