All-carbon-nanotube flexible multi-electrode array for neuronal recording and stimulation

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-53

  David Pur, Moshe ^a   Bareket Keren, Lilach ^a   Beit Yaakov, Giora ^a   Raz Prag, Dorit ^a   Hanein, Yael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Flexible; Multi electrode array; Neuronal recording; Neuronal stimulation; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NEURONS; POLYMERS; RETINA;

EID: 84894438532     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: 15728781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-013-9804-6     Document Type: Article

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