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Gold Nanorod-assisted Optical Stimulation of Neuronal Cells
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Gold Nanorod-assisted Optical Stimulation of Neuronal Cells

Article DOI: 10.3791/52566 • 09:31 min
April 27th, 2015 •
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1Biotactical Engineering, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology

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April 27th, 2015

This protocol outlines how to use the transient heating associated with the optical absorption of gold nanorods to stimulate differentiation and intracellular calcium activity in neuronal cells. These results potentially open up new applications in neural prostheses and fundamental studies in neuroscience.

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