1 Introduction.- 1.1 Neuro-Electronic Interfacing.- 1.2 Culturing Neuronal Cells.- 1.3 Positioning and Culturing Neuronal Cells on a Microelectrode Array.- 1.4 Dielectrophoresis.- 1.5 Scope of This Review.- 2 Dielectrophoretic Trapping of Neuronal Cells.- 2.1 Theory.- 2.2 Materials.- 2.3 Theoretical Description of Dielectrophoretic Trapping.- 2.4 Experimental Description of Dielectrophoretic Trapping.- 3 Exposing Neuronal Cells to Electric Fields.- 3.1 Theory.- 3.2 Theoretical Investigation of Induced Membrane Potentials of Neuronal Cells.- 3.3 Experimental Investigation of Neuronal Membrane Breakdown.- 4 Investigating Viability of Dielectrophoretically Trapped Neuronal Cells.- 4.1 Viability of Neuronal Cells Trapped at a High Frequency.- 4.2 Viability of Neuronal Cells Trapped at Low Frequencies.- 4.3 Recording Neuronal Activity.- 5 Summary.- References.
