Smaller, softer, lower-impedance electrodes for human neuroprosthesis: A pragmatic approach

Frontiers in Neuroengineering

Volumn 7, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Castagnola, Elisa ^a   Ansaldo, Alberto ^a   Maggiolini, Emma ^a   Ius, Tamara ^b   Skrap, Miran ^b   Ricci, Davide ^a   Fadiga, Luciano ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain conformability; Carbon nanotubes; Conductive polymers; Hydrogel; Intracortical microelectrodes; Micro electrocorticography (ECoG); Neural recording; Neural stimulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MATERIAL COATING; NEUROPROSTHESIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84898872339     PISSN: 16626443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneng.2014.00008     Document Type: Article

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