Insect-machine interface: A carbon nanotube-enhanced flexible neural probe

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 355-365

  Tsang, W M ^a   Stone, Alice L ^b   Otten, David ^a   Aldworth, Zane N ^c   Daniel, Tom L ^c   Hildebrand, John G ^b   Levine, Richard B ^b   Voldman, Joel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Microfabrication; Moth; Neural probe; Wireless system

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; GOLD; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYIMIDE;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLEXIBLE NEURAL PROBE; GEOMETRY; INSECT; MALE; MANDUCA SEXTA; NANOPROBE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL ROOT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MANDUCA; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; TELEMETRY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84855249311     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.11.026     Document Type: Article

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