Extracellular matrix-based intracortical microelectrodes: Toward a microfabricated neural interface based on natural materials

Microsystems and Nanoengineering

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Shen, Wen ^a,c   Karumbaiah, Lohitash ^a   Liu, Xi ^b   Saxena, Tarun ^a   Chen, Shuodan ^a   Patkar, Radhika ^a   Bellamkonda, Ravi V ^a   Allen, Mark G ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio MEMS; Electrophysiology; Extracellular matrix; Finite element analysis; Immunohistology; Intracortical neural microelectrodes; Stress; Tissue compliant electrodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029162961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20557434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/micronano.2015.10     Document Type: Article

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