Functional detection of the original generation of hippocampal cells planted on to the micro-fluidic chip with artificial neuronal network using the patch clamp recording technique: a preliminary study.

Purpose: The design of pattern that limits the hippocampal cells growth is an important explore for realizing a simplified artificial neuronal network in vitro.

Materials And Methods: In this study, we examined the pattern in micro-fluidic chip to stipulate the hippocampal cells adhesion, growth and the formation of a functional neuronal network in vitro. Patch clamp recording technique was used to detect the growth situation and biological function of the haippocampal cells on the micro-fluidic chip which could simulate environment in vivo.

Context-specific food-based approach for ensuring nutrition security in developing countries: a review.

Sustainable food strategies for meeting nutrient needs in developing countries are not well established. The available evidence shows that more than one-third of the world's population is facing under-nutrition, of which the most affected individuals are children and mothers from poor countries. In most developing countries, losses resulting from malnutrition are between 3 and 16% of the gross domestic product.