The challenge of integrating devices into the central nervous system

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-44

  Tresco, Patrick A ^a   Winslow, Brent D ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Electrode; Foreign body response; Inflammation; Neural prosthesis

Indexed keywords

NEURAL PROSTHESES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY; TISSUE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FOREIGN BODY RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; PRECLINICAL DEVELOPMENT; RECORDING ELECTRODES;

ELECTRODES;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN MACHINE INTERFACE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRODE; FOREIGN BODY; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; NEUROPROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 79960069584     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v39.i1.30     Document Type: Review

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