Magnetically inserted neural electrodes: Tissue response and functional lifetime

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 562-571

  Dryg, Ian D ^a,b   Ward, Matthew P ^a   Qing, Kurt Y ^a   Mei, Henry ^a   Schaffer, Jeremy E ^a,c   Irazoqui, Pedro P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrode; impedance; magnetic insertion; neural recording; tissue response

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL PROSTHESES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RATS; TISSUE;

ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODES; INSERTION METHODS; MAGNETIC INSERTION; MATERIAL STIFFNESS; NEURAL RECORDINGS; TISSUE RESPONSE;

ELECTRODES;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; DEVICE FAILURE; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMPEDANCE; LONG EVANS RAT; MAGNETISM; MICROELECTRODE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MAGNETICS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 84936885278     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2015.2399856     Document Type: Article

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