In vivo validation of custom-designed silicon-based microelectrode arrays for long-term neural recording and stimulation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 346-354

  Han, Martin ^a   Manoonkitiwongsa, Panya S ^a   Wang, Cindy X ^b   McCreery, Douglas B ^a  

^a HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory prostheses; biomicroelectromechanical systems; electrical stimulation; implantable electrodes; iridium oxide

Indexed keywords

BIOMICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; CHRONIC IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DEEP REACTIVE ION ETCHING; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INSERTION FORCE; IRIDIUM OXIDE; IRIDIUM OXIDES; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY; NEURAL PROBES; NEURAL RECORDINGS; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; SILICON-BASED; SPINAL CORDS; TISSUE ARCHITECTURE;

IRIDIUM; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROELECTRODES; PROBES; TISSUE;

REACTIVE ION ETCHING;

IRIDIUM; SILICON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LONG TERM CARE; MICROANALYSIS; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SILICON BASED MICROELECTRODE ARRAY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIDIUM; MICROELECTRODES; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILICON; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862934010     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2172440     Document Type: Article

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