Effect of insertion speed on tissue response and insertion mechanics of a chronically implanted silicon-based neural probe

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3250-3259

  Welkenhuysen, M ^a   Andrei, A ^b   Ameye, L ^c   Eberle, W ^b   Nuttin, B ^a,d  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Bioelectronics Systems Group Imec   (Belgium)

^c Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Force; insertion speed; rat; silicon electrode; tissue response

Indexed keywords

FORCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSERTION SPEED; LESION SIZE; NEURAL PROBES; NEURONAL CELL; PENETRATION FORCES; RAT BRAIN; REST PERIODS; SILICON ELECTRODE; SILICON-BASED; TISSUE RESPONSE;

PROBES; RATS; TISSUE;

MECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE REACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; GLIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROELECTRODES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILICON;

EID: 80054869891     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2166963     Document Type: Article

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