Magnetic stimulation of organotypic neuronal cell cultures on multielectrode arrays Dipl.-Ing (FH) Michele Nicoletti, born at 25.10.1974 A Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the academic degree of Master of Science (Ms.Sc) Technical University Munich, dept. Medical electronics Heinz Nixdorf-Lehrstuhl Referent: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Bernhard Wolf Koreferent: PD. Dr. Thomas Weyh Tutor: Jochen F. H. Meyer Day of submission 15.07.2007