Magistretti, PierreMarquet, PierreBoss, Daniel2013-07-012013-07-01201310.5075/epfl-thesis-5739https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/93126urn:nbn:ch:bel-epfl-thesis5739-7enastrocyte volume regulationwater cotransportbrain water homeostasispotassium clearanceglutamate uptakedigital holographic microscopyquantitative phase imagingepifluorescence imagingabsolute cell volumerefractive index of transmembrane fluxosmotic water permeabilitycoherent noise suppressionRBC cell membrane fluctuationsfluctuation eigenmodesbending modulusDevelopments in digital holographic microscopy to explore the role of astrocytes in brain water homeostasisthesis::doctoral thesis