A benchtop system to assess cortical neural interface micromechanics

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1089-1096

  Das, R ^a   Gandhi, D ^a   Krishnan, S ^b   Saggere, L ^b   Rousche, P J ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain oscillations; Implant micromechanics; Neural prosthetic systems; Sensory prostheses

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MICROELECTRODES; MICROMECHANICS; NEUROLOGY; PROSTHETICS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; TISSUE;

BRAIN OSCILLATIONS; IMPLANT MICROMECHANICS; NEURAL PROSTHETIC SYSTEMS; SENSORY PROSTHESES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MECHANICS; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; RAT;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; CADAVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELASTICITY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34249274904     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.897139     Document Type: Article

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