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Fifteen-Piconewton Force Detection from Neural Growth Cones Using Nanowire Arrays

Hällström, Waldemar LU ; Lexholm, Monica LU ; Suyatin, Dmitry LU orcid ; Hammarin, Greger ; Hessman, Dan LU ; Samuelson, Lars LU ; Montelius, Lars LU ; Kanje, Martin LU and Prinz, Christelle LU (2010) In Nano Letters 10(3). p.782-787
Abstract
We used epitaxially grown monodisperse nanowire arrays to measure cellular forces with a spatial resolution of 1 mu m. Nerve cells were cultured on the array and cellular forces were calculated from the displacement of the nanowire tips. The measurements were done in situ on live cells using confocal microscopy, Forces down to 15 pN were measured on neural growth cones, showing that this method can be used to study the Fine details of growth-cone dynamics.
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neuron, nanowire, picoNewton, Mechanosensing, cellular force
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Nano Letters
volume
10
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3
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782 - 787
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The American Chemical Society (ACS)
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  • wos:000275278200006
  • scopus:77949469188
  • pmid:20102185
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1530-6992
DOI
10.1021/nl902675h
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English
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  abstract     = {{We used epitaxially grown monodisperse nanowire arrays to measure cellular forces with a spatial resolution of 1 mu m. Nerve cells were cultured on the array and cellular forces were calculated from the displacement of the nanowire tips. The measurements were done in situ on live cells using confocal microscopy, Forces down to 15 pN were measured on neural growth cones, showing that this method can be used to study the Fine details of growth-cone dynamics.}},
  author       = {{Hällström, Waldemar and Lexholm, Monica and Suyatin, Dmitry and Hammarin, Greger and Hessman, Dan and Samuelson, Lars and Montelius, Lars and Kanje, Martin and Prinz, Christelle}},
  issn         = {{1530-6992}},
  keywords     = {{neuron; nanowire; picoNewton; Mechanosensing; cellular force}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{782--787}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Nano Letters}},
  title        = {{Fifteen-Piconewton Force Detection from Neural Growth Cones Using Nanowire Arrays}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl902675h}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/nl902675h}},
  volume       = {{10}},
  year         = {{2010}},
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