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A Performance-testing Platform for a Conduction Micropump with an FR-4 Copper-clad Electrode Plate
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2017
This paper presents a protocol for the fabrication of a conduction micropump using symmetric planar electrodes on flame-retardant glass-reinforced epoxy (FR-4) copper-clad laminate (CCL) to test the influence of chamber dimensions on the performance of a conduction micropump.
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Drug Microinjection with Electrophysiological Recording in a Rat Brain
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2025
This protocol outlines the assembly and use of an injectrode for precise drug delivery into targeted brain regions of an anesthetized rat, followed by monitoring of neuronal activity through recorded electrical signals.
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Fluid Aspiration from Mouse Glomeruli: A Method to Aspirate Glomerular Fluid from Mouse Using Two-Photon Mediated Micropuncture
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2023
This video showcases fluid aspiration from mouse glomeruli using the two-photon mediated micropuncture technique. The technique provides access to the living mouse’s glomeruli and thus helps gain insights into renal physiology.
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Magnetic Levitation Coupled with Portable Imaging and Analysis for Disease Diagnostics
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2017
We present a magnetic levitation technique coupled with automated imaging and analysis in both a smartphone-compatible device and a device with embedded imaging and processing. This is applied to measure the density distribution of cells with two demonstrated biomedical applications: sickle cell disease diagnosis and separating white and red blood cells.
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Improving the Application of High Molecular Weight Biotinylated Dextran Amine for Thalamocortical Projection Tracing in the Rat
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2018
Here, we present a refined protocol to effectively reveal biotinylated dextran amine (BDA) labeling with a fluorescent staining method through a reciprocal neural pathway. It is suitable for analyzing the fine structure of BDA labeling and distinguishing it from other neural elements under a confocal laser scanning microscope.
FAQs
The actuator generates pressure or displacement that drives liquid through microscale channels. Pressure-based action pushes fluid forward, while displacement changes the available volume and produces movement. This mechanism allows delivery to be controlled within compact platforms, making it useful when experiments require precise administration of solutions to neural tissues or microfluidic cultures.
These components regulate how fluid moves after the actuator initiates transport. Valves can help control direction, membranes can mediate displacement or pressure changes, and flow resistance can limit the delivery rate. Together, they determine whether a solution moves consistently and reaches the intended location under controlled experimental conditions.
Delivery precision depends on how the actuator, channel geometry, and regulating components work together. A design that combines controlled pressure or displacement with suitable valves, membranes, or flow resistance can adjust direction and rate more reliably. This control supports dose-dependent neuroscience experiments by helping researchers vary solution delivery without requiring large sample volumes.
A typical workflow identifies the neural target or microfluidic culture, selects the solution to be delivered, and establishes the microscale fluid path. The system is then operated with the desired delivery control so the solution reaches the target or perfuses the tissue. Researchers can use this setup to study responses under controlled exposure conditions.
They are useful when researchers need localized administration or controlled perfusion rather than broadly exposing a preparation. A Micropump System can deliver drugs, neurotransmitters, or other solutions to neural tissues and microfluidic cultures. Its compact format and programmable delivery help support experiments examining how neural systems respond to controlled chemical environments.
Controlled delivery can support studies of dose-dependent responses and neural signaling by changing the amount or timing of administered solutions. The same approach may also inform investigations of potential therapeutic strategies. Because the system uses precise volumes and can reduce sample consumption, it improves experimental control while allowing different exposure conditions to be examined.