Robotic Fast Dual-Arm Patch Clamp System for Mechanosensitive Excitability Research of Neurons.

Journal: IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: A robotic fast dual-arm patch clamp system with controllable mechanical stimulation is proposed in this paper for mechanosensitive excitability research of neurons in brain slice.

Authors

  • Biting Ma
  • Jinyu Qiu
    Institute of Robotics and Automatic Information System, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.
  • Chaoyu Cui
  • Ke Li
    School of Ideological and Political Education, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China.
  • Ruimin Li
    Institute of Robotics and Automatic Information System, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.
  • Minghui Li
    MOE Key Laboratory of Geriatric Diseases and Immunology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215123, China.
  • Yuzhu Liu
    Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116024, China.
  • Shaojie Fu
  • Mingzhu Sun
    Institute of Robotics and Automatic Information System, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.
  • Xin Zhao
    Florida International University.
  • Qili Zhao
    Institute of Robotics and Automatic Information System, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Intelligent Robotics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.