Not exact matches
Professor Ellis Meng
of the USC Viterbi Department
of Biomedical Engineering and Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience said that the performance
of the new polymer - based material is on par with
microwires in terms
of recording fidelity and sensitivity.
In addition to inflammation, previous microelectrode brain implants made
of silicon or
microwire have caused neuronal death and glial scarring, which is damage to connective tissue in the nervous system.
In addition, the polymer - based material, called Parylene C, is less invasive and damaging to surrounding cells and tissue than previous microelectrode arrays comprised
of silicon or
microwires.
The study described in the second paper used groups
of three or four rats whose brains were interconnected via
microwire arrays in the somatosensory cortex
of the brain and received and transmitted information via those wires.
Stimulation using
microwires presents a novel opportunity to improve selective and natural activation
of neuronal circuits in the human brain.
Fountaine, K. T. & Atwater, H. A. Mesoscale modeling
of photoelectrochemical devices: light absorption and carrier collection in monolithic, tandem, Si vertical bar WO3
microwires.
Feasibility and safety
of longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging in a rodent model with intracortical
microwire implants.
Chemical phase map showing how the electrochemical discharge
of iron fluoride
microwires proceeded from 0 percent discharge (left), to 50 percent (middle), to 95 percent.
(PhysOrg.com)-- A clever but simple new way
of making transistors out
of high - performance organic
microwires presents a potential path for products such as smart merchandise tags, light and cheap solar panels, and flexible...
They're developing a Strange Days - style neural interface that will use «arrays
of penetrating
microwire electrodes» to record and stimulate neurons.