Electrochemical Biosensors

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Contents

Preface xiii

1 Electrochemical Detection of Exocytosis: A Survey from the

Earliest Amperometry at Carbon Fiber Ultramicroelectrodes

to Recent Integrated Systems 1

Christian Amatore, Manon Guille Collignon,

and Fr

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1.1 Monitoring the Exocytotic Secretion at the Single-Cell

Level 2

1.1.1 Principles of Exocytosis 2

1.1.1.1 Biological mechanism 2

1.1.1.2 Analytical requirements: necessity of

real-time monitoring for

understanding exocytosis 4

1.1.2 Analytical Techniques for Real-Time Detection

of Exocytosis 5

1.1.2.1 Optical techniques 5

1.1.2.2 Electrophysiological techniques 8

1.1.2.3 Electrochemistry at

ultramicroelectrodes: the

semiartificial synapse configuration 9

1.2 ...