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

This book describes the use of modern micro- and nanofabrication technologies to develop improved tools for stimulating and recording electrical activity in neuronal networks. It provides an overview of the different ways in which the ?ano-world?can be beneficial for neuroscientists, including improvement of mechanical adhesion of cells on electrodes, tight-sealed extracellular recordings or intracellular approaches with strongly reduced invasiveness and tools for localized electrical or optical stimulation in optogenetics experiments. Specific discussion of fabrication strategies is included, to provide a comprehensive guide to develop micro and nanostructured tools for biological applications. A perspective on integrating these devices with state-of-the-art technologies for large-scale in vitro and in vivo experiments completes the picture of neuronal interfacing with micro- and nanostructures.

• • Author: Massimo De Vittorio, Luigi Martiradonna, John Assad
• • Publisher: Springer
• • Publication Date: Mar 05, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 295 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1489980377
• • ISBN-13: 9781489980373