Elasticities of neuron somata.

<p>(A) Representative measured force-indentation data with a fit (red solid curve) to the Hertz model. Insets show the individual data points and histogram for 100 force-indentation data collected over a 200 s period time on the same neuron (from Cell Culture Plating 3). (B) Young’s moduli of 54 neuronal somata from five independent cell culture platings and a comparison with the background cellular substratum. The Young’s modulus varies from neuron to neuron and among different culture batches. Error bars are standard deviations for each neuron.