Nanofabricated Ultraflexible Electrode Arrays for High-Density Intracortical Recording.

ABSTRACT: Understanding brain functions at the circuit level requires time-resolved simultaneous measurement of a large number of densely distributed neurons, which remains a great challenge for current neural technologies. In particular, penetrating neural electrodes allow for recording from individual neurons at high temporal resolution, but often have larger dimensions than the biological matrix, which induces significant damage to brain tissues and therefore precludes the high implant density that is necessary for mapping large neuronal populations with full coverage. Here, it is demonstrated that nanofabricated ultraflexible electrode arrays with cross-sectional areas as small as sub-10 µm2 can overcome this physical limitation. In a mouse model, it is shown that these electrodes record action

SUBMITTER: Wei X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6010728 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature