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Articles by Karin C. Larsson in JoVE
JoVE Neuroscience
Slice Voorbereiding, organotypische Tissue kweken en Luciferase Opname van Klok gen-activiteit in de suprachiasmatische kern
Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
De procedure van de voorbereiding plakjes met de volwassen muis hypothalamus suprachiasmatische nucleus (SCN), en een snelle manier om de cultuur van de SCN weefsel in organotypische cultuur staat, worden gerapporteerd. Verder is de meting van oscillerende klok gen-eiwitexpressie het gebruik van dynamische luciferase reporter-technologie beschreven.
Other articles by Karin C. Larsson on PubMed
Organic Electronics for Precise Delivery of Neurotransmitters to Modulate Mammalian Sensory Function
Significant advances have been made in the understanding of the pathophysiology, molecular targets and therapies for the treatment of a variety of nervous-system disorders. Particular therapies involve electrical sensing and stimulation of neural activity, and significant effort has therefore been devoted to the refinement of neural electrodes. However, direct electrical interfacing suffers from some inherent problems, such as the inability to discriminate amongst cell types. Thus, there is a need for novel devices to specifically interface nerve cells. Here, we demonstrate an organic electronic device capable of precisely delivering neurotransmitters in vitro and in vivo. In converting electronic addressing into delivery of neurotransmitters, the device mimics the nerve synapse. Using the peripheral auditory system, we show that out of a diverse population of cells, the device can selectively stimulate nerve cells responding to a specific neurotransmitter. This is achieved by precise electronic control of electrophoretic migration through a polymer film. This mechanism provides several sought-after features for regulation of cell signalling: exact dosage determination through electrochemical relationships, minimally disruptive delivery due to lack of fluid flow, and on-off switching. This technology has great potential as a therapeutic platform and could help accelerate the development of therapeutic strategies for nervous-system disorders.
Ion Bipolar Junction Transistors
Dynamic control of chemical microenvironments is essential for continued development in numerous fields of life sciences. Such control could be achieved with active chemical circuits for delivery of ions and biomolecules. As the basis for such circuitry, we report a solid-state ion bipolar junction transistor (IBJT) based on conducting polymers and thin films of anion- and cation-selective membranes. The IBJT is the ionic analogue to the conventional semiconductor BJT and is manufactured using standard microfabrication techniques. Transistor characteristics along with a model describing the principle of operation, in which an anionic base current amplifies a cationic collector current, are presented. By employing the IBJT as a bioelectronic circuit element for delivery of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, its efficacy in modulating neuronal cell signaling is demonstrated.
Organic Bioelectronics in Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine is a research area with potential to shape, direct, and change future medical treatments in a revolutionary manner over the next decades. While the common goal with other fields of biomedicine is to solve medical problems, this area embraces an increasing number of technology platforms as they become miniaturized. Organic electronics has over the past two decades developed into an exciting and thriving area of research.
