Long micro-channel electrode arrays: A novel type of regenerative peripheral nerve interface

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 454-460

  Lacour, Stéphanie P ^a   Fitzgerald, James J ^b   Lago, Natalia ^c   Tarte, Edward ^d   McMahon, Stephen ^c   Fawcett, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implantable electrodes; Micro channels; Peripheral nerve; Polymers; Repair

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; AXON REGENERATION; EXTRACELLULAR; IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODES; IN-VIVO; MICROFABRICATED; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REGENERATING NERVES; THIN METAL FILMS; VASCULARISATION;

ABERRATIONS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; POLYIMIDES; SILICONES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

METAL; POLYIMIDE; SILICON; SILICONE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FILM; IMPLANT; IN VIVO CULTURE; MALE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449513591     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2009.2031241     Document Type: Article

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