Chemical delivery array with millisecond neurotransmitter release.

ABSTRACT: Technologies that restore or augment dysfunctional neural signaling represent a promising route to deeper understanding and new therapies for neurological disorders. Because of the chemical specificity and subsecond signaling of the nervous system, these technologies should be able to release specific neurotransmitters at specific locations with millisecond resolution. We have previously demonstrated an organic electronic lateral electrophoresis technology capable of precise delivery of charged compounds, such as neurotransmitters. However, this technology, the organic electronic ion pump, has been limited to a single delivery point, or several simultaneously addressed outlets, with switch-on speeds of seconds. We report on a vertical neurotransmitter delivery device, configured as an arra

SUBMITTER: Jonsson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5099981 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature