The brain tissue response to implanted silicon microelectrode arrays is increased when the device is tethered to the skull

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-178

  Biran, Roy ^a   Martin, Dave C ^b   Tresco, Patrick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign body response; Implant; Neuroprosthetic; Silicon electrode; Tissue response

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BRAIN; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MACROPHAGES; MICROELECTRODES;

FOREIGN BODY RESPONSE; NEUROPROSTHETICS; SILICON ELECTRODES; TISSUE RESPONSE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SILICON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISCHER 344 RAT; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; ECTODYSPLASINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; SILICON;

EID: 34250177246     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.31138     Document Type: Article

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