Combined optical tweezers and laser dissector for controlled ablation of functional connections in neural networks

Drosophila Neurons Actively Regulate Axonal Tension In Vivo

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Dissecting Regional Variations in Stress Fiber Mechanics in Living Cells with Laser Nanosurgery

(2010) Kandice Tanner et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Force Generation in Lamellipodia Is a Probabilistic Process with Fast Growth and Retraction Events

(2010) Rajesh Shahapure et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Caenorhabditis elegans: A new model organism for studies of axon regeneration

(2010) Anindya Ghosh-Roy et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Simultaneous multi-electrode array recording and two-photon calcium imaging of neural activity

(2010) Woodrow L. Shew et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS

Simultaneous two-photon imaging and photo-stimulation with structured light illumination

(2010) Marco Dal Maschio et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Axon Extension Occurs Independently of Centrosomal Microtubule Nucleation

(2010) M. Stiess et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanosensing in actin stress fibers revealed by a close correlation between force and protein localization

(2009) J. Colombelli et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Neuro-optical microfluidic platform to study injury and regeneration of single axons

(2009) Young-tae Kim et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Active pixel sensor array for high spatio-temporal resolution electrophysiological recordings from single cell to large scale neuronal networks

(2009) Luca Berdondini et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Cell stimulation with optically manipulated microsources

(2009) Holger Kress et al.   NATURE METHODS

Multiplexed force measurements on live cells with holographic optical tweezers

(2009) Cecile O. Mejean et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Mechanical tension contributes to clustering of neurotransmitter vesicles at presynaptic terminals

(2009) S. Siechen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Spatiotemporal Analysis of Cell Response to a Rigidity Gradient: A Quantitative Study Using Multiple Optical Tweezers

(2008) Myriam Allioux-Guérin et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL