Evaluation of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/carbon nanotube neural electrode coatings for stimulation in the dorsal root ganglion

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kolarcik, Christi L ^a,c   Catt, Kasey ^a   Rost, Erika ^a   Albrecht, Ingrid N ^b   Bourbeau, Dennis ^b,d,e,f   Du, Zhanhong ^a,c   Kozai, Takashi D Y ^a,c   Luo, Xiliang ^a,g   Weber, Douglas J ^a,b   Cui, X Tracy ^a,c  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^f Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^g QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Dorsal root ganglion; Microstimulation; Neural probes; PEDOT CNT; Tissue electrode interface

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; COATED WIRE ELECTRODES; COATINGS; DRUG PRODUCTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROELECTRODES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NEURONS; TISSUE; YARN;

DEXAMETHASONES; DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA; MICROSTIMULATION; NEURAL PROBES; PEDOT/CNT;

ELECTRODES;

ANTIBODY; CARBON NANOTUBE; CASPASE 3; DEXAMETHASONE; EOSIN; ETHYLENE; HEMATOXYLIN; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BIOCOMPATIBLE COATED MATERIAL; DRUG IMPLANT; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; NANOCAPSULE; POLY(3,4-ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RELEASE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; FIBROBLAST; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; STAINING; TISSUE REACTION; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG IMPLANT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROELECTRODES; NANOCAPSULES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 84921412509     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/12/1/016008     Document Type: Article

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