Use of Nanoparticles in Neuroscience (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Neuromethods Series Preface... Preface... Table of Contents... Contributing Authors... 1. Optocapacitance Allows for Photostimulation of Neurons without Requiring Genetic Modification Joao L. Carvalho-de-Souza, Jeremy S. Treger, David R. Pepperberg, and Francisco Bezanilla 2. Nanoparticle-Assisted Localized Optical Stimulation of Cultured Neurons Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal, Charleen Salesse, Pierre-Luc Ayotte-Nadeau, and Paul De Koninck 3. Stimulation of Primary Auditory Neurons Mediated by Near-Infrared Excitation of Gold Nanorods Chiara Paviolo, Karina Needham, William G.A. Brown, Jiawey Yong, and Paul R. Stoddart 4. Nanoparticle Preparation for Magnetothermal Genetic Stimulation in Cell Culture and in the Brain of Live Rodents Idoia Castellanos-Rubio, Rahul Munshi, Shahnaz Qadri, and Arnd Pralle 5. Genetically Encoded Nanoparticle for Neural Modulation Sarah A. Stanley 6. Two Applications of Gold Nanostars to Hippocampal Neuronal Cells: Localized Photothermal Ablation and Stimulation of Firing Rate Fidel Santamaria and Xomalin G. Peralta 7. Regulating Growth Cone Motility and Axon Growth by Manipulating Trageted Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles Tanchen Ren, Jeffrey L. Goldberg, and Michael B. Steketee 8. Assessment of the Effects of a Wireless Neural Stimulation Mediated by Piezoelectric Nanoparticles Attilio Marino, Satoshi Arai, Yanyan Hou, Mario Pellegrino, Barbara Mazzolai, Virgilio Mattoli, Madoka Suzuki, and Gianni Ciofani 9. Influence of External Electrical Stimulation on Cellular Uptake of Gold Nanoparticles Samantha K. Franklin, Brandy Vincent, Sumeyra Tek, and Kelly L. Nash 10. Estimating the Effects of Nanoparticles on Neuronal Field Potentials Based on their Effects on Single Neurons In Vitro Michael Busse, Narsis Salafzoon, Annette Kraegeloh, David R. Stevens, and Daniel J. Strauss 11. The Application of In Vivo Extracellular Recording technique to Study the Biological Effects of Nanoparticles in Brain Yanyan Miao, Han Zhao, Jutao Chen, Ming Wang, and Longping Wen 12. Using the Whole Cell Patch Clamp Technique to Study the Effect of Nanoparticles in Hippocampal Neurons Xiaochen Zhang and Zhuo Yang 13. Comparative Analysis of Neurotoxic Potential of Synthesized, Native and Physiological Nanoparticles Arsenii Borysov, Natalia Pozdnyakova, Artem Pastukhov, Marina Dudarenko, Tatiana Borisova 14. A Stoichiometrically-Defined Neural Co-Culture Model to Screen Nanoparticles for Neurological Applications Stuart I. Jenkins and Divya M. Chari 15. Long-Term Organ Distribution Kinetics of Microwave Hydrothermally Synthesixed ZrO2: Pr Nanoparticles in the Organism of Adult Mouse Jaroslaw Kaszewski, Paula Kielbik, Anna Slonska-Zielonka, Izabela Serafinska, Jakub Nojszewski, Marek Godlewski, Zdzislaw Gajewski, Michal M. Godlewski 16. Gold Nanoparticles as Nucleation Centres for Amyloid Fibrillation Yanina Alvarez, Jesica V. Pellegrotti, and Fernando D. Stefani