Transparent and flexible low noise graphene electrodes for simultaneous electrophysiology and neuroimaging

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kuzum, Duygu ^a,b   Takano, Hajime ^b,c,d   Shim, Euijae ^a,d   Reed, Jason C ^a   Juul, Halvor ^d   Richardson, Andrew G ^b,d   De Vries, Julius ^b,d   Bink, Hank ^a,b   Dichter, Marc A ^d   Lucas, Timothy H ^b,d   Coulter, Douglas A ^b,c,d   Cubukcu, Ertugrul ^a,b   Litt, Brian ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; CALCIUM; GRAPHITE;

BRAIN; CARBON; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; NEUROLOGY; OPTICAL METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROELECTRODE; NEUROIMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRANSPARENT FLEXIBLE NEURAL ELECTRODE; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GRAPHITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROIMAGING; NEURONS; RATS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84923231715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6259     Document Type: Article

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