Electric Field-Induced Effects on Neuronal Cell Biology Accompanying Dielectrophoretic Trapping /

The concept of the cultured neuron probe was induced by the possible selective stimulation of nerves for functional recovery after a neural lesion or disease. The probe consists of a micro-electrode array on top of which groups of neuronal cells are cultured. An efficient method to position groups o...

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Main Author: Heida, Tjitske
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003.
Series:Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology ; 173.
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Summary:The concept of the cultured neuron probe was induced by the possible selective stimulation of nerves for functional recovery after a neural lesion or disease. The probe consists of a micro-electrode array on top of which groups of neuronal cells are cultured. An efficient method to position groups of neuronal cells on top of the stimulation sites of the micro-electrode array is developed. With negative dielectrophoretic forces, produced by non-uniform electric fields on polarizable particles, neuronal cells are trapped. Experimental results and model simulations describe the trapping process and its effect on neuronal cell viability.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 80 pages 46 illustrations)
ISBN:9783642554698 (electronic bk.)
3642554695 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:0301-5556 ;