Recent trends in microelectrode array technology for in vitro neural interface platform

Biomedical Engineering Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 129-141

  Kim, Raeyoung ^a   Joo, Sunghoon ^a   Jung, Hyunjun ^a   Hong, Nari ^a   Nam, Yoonkey ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Microelectrode array; Neural interface; Neural recording; Neural stimulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS; INTRACELLULAR RECORDINGS; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY; NEURAL INTERFACES; NEURAL RECORDINGS; NEURAL STIMULATIONS; SURFACE MICROPATTERNING;

TECHNOLOGY;

METAL; METAL OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CELL BASED BIOSENSOR; CELL CULTURE EQUIPMENT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONNECTOME; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSULATION; MICROELECTRODE; MICROELECTRODE ARRAY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROPROSTHESIS; NEUROTOXICITY; OPTICAL BIOSENSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETINAL IMPLANT; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84904209442     PISSN: 20939868     EISSN: 2093985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13534-014-0130-6     Document Type: Review

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