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ArticleBiomedical engineering letters2020

3-D multi-electrode arrays detect early spontaneous electrophysiological activity in 3-D neuronal-astrocytic co-cultures.

Varadraj N Vernekar, Michelle C LaPlaca

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Article in Biomedical engineering letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Varadraj N VernekarWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, 313 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0535 USA.
Michelle C LaPlacaWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory, Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, 313 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0535 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8417-5152
Georgia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

A 3-D Microfluidic/Electronic Neural-Interfacing SystemR01EB000786 · NIBIB · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI DEWEERTH, STEPHEN P · 2002 to 2006
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NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB000786
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three-dimensional (3-D) neural cultures represent a promising platform for studying disease and drug screening. Tools and methodologies for measuring the electrophysiological function in these cultures are needed. Therefore, the purpose of this work was primarily to develop a methodology to interface engineered 3-D dissociated neural cultures with commercially available 3-D multi-electrode arrays (MEAs) reliably over 3 weeks to enable the recording of their electrophysiological activity. We further compared the functional output of these cultures to their structural and synaptic network development over time. We reliably interfaced a primary rodent neuron-astrocyte (2:1) 3-D co-culture (2500 cells/mm

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AstrocyteCultureElectrophysiologyIn vitroMatrigelMEAMulti-electrode arrayNeuronSynapseThree-dimensional

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PMID33194249
PMCPMC7655887
OpenAlexW3046515275

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