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Images of cultured neurons: Morphological and functional information
M Bove1, M Grattarola, S Martinoia
1Department of Biophysical and Electronic Engineering, Bioelectronics Laboratory, Via Opera Pia 11a, 16145, Genova, Italy.
Cytotechnology
|February 24, 2012
Abstract:
The in vitro culture of neuronal cells is a useful tool for studying, in a controlled way, neurobiological and neuropharmacological phenomena. A first step towards the understanding of these phenomena is described. Effects of simulated excitatory/inhibitory synapses, artificially positioned along the digitized image of neural arborizations, are presented.
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