Targeted intracellular voltage recordings from dendritic spines using quantum-dot-coated nanopipettes

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 335-342

  Jayant, Krishna ^a,b   Hirtz, Jan J ^b   Plante, Ilan Jen La ^b   Tsai, David M ^a,b   De Boer, Wieteke D A M ^b   Semonche, Alexa ^b   Peterka, Darcy S ^b   Owen, Jonathan S ^b   Sahin, Ozgur ^b   Shepard, Kenneth L ^a,b,c   Yuste, Rafael ^b  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BIOLOGICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRICAL RECORDING; EXCITATORY POST SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY SYNAPTIC INPUTS; INTRACELLULAR RECORDINGS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM DOT; BIOCOMPATIBLE COATED MATERIAL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL BODY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR VOLTAGE; MOUSE; NANOPIPETTE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; VOLTAGE COMPARTMENTALIZATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL SUMMATION;

ANIMALS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTRODES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL SUMMATION; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 85008602549     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2016.268     Document Type: Article

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