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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2018

Rodent Behavioral Testing to Assess Functional Deficits Caused by Microelectrode Implantation in the Rat Motor Cortex.

Monika Goss-Varley, Andrew J Shoffstall, Keith R Dona, Justin A McMahon, Sydney C Lindner, Evon S Ereifej, Jeffrey R Capadona

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Monika Goss-VarleyAdvanced Platform Technology Center, Rehabilitation Research and Development, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University.
Andrew J ShoffstallAdvanced Platform Technology Center, Rehabilitation Research and Development, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University.
Keith R DonaAdvanced Platform Technology Center, Rehabilitation Research and Development, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University.
Justin A McMahonAdvanced Platform Technology Center, Rehabilitation Research and Development, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University.
Sydney C LindnerAdvanced Platform Technology Center, Rehabilitation Research and Development, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University.
Evon S EreifejAdvanced Platform Technology Center, Rehabilitation Research and Development, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University.
Jeffrey R CapadonaAdvanced Platform Technology Center, Rehabilitation Research and Development, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University; jrc35@case.edu.
Case Western Reserve University · US

Funding

Dynamically Softening Microelectrodes to Improve Neural Recording PerformanceIK1RX002492 · VA · LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI SHOFFSTALL, ANDREW · 2018 to 2019
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Mimicking the Architecture and Modulus of Native Brain Tissue onto Neural Implants to Improve BiocompatibilityIK2RX002628 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI EREIFEJ, EVON S. · 2018 to 2021
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RRD VA IK1 RX002492
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical devices implanted in the brain hold tremendous potential. As part of a Brain Machine Interface (BMI) system, intracortical microelectrodes demonstrate the ability to record action potentials from individual or small groups of neurons. Such recorded signals have successfully been used to allow patients to interface with or control computers, robotic limbs, and their own limbs. However, previous animal studies have shown that a microelectrode implantation in the brain not only damages the surrounding tissue but can also result in functional deficits. Here, we discuss a series of behavioral tests to quantify potential motor impairments following the implantation of intracortical microelectrodes into the motor cortex of a rat. The methods for open field grid, ladder crossing, and grip strength testing provide valuable information regarding the potential complications resulting from a microelectrode implantation. The results of the behavioral testing are correlated with endpoint histology, providing additional information on the pathological outcomes and impacts of this procedure on the adjacent tissue.

Indexed as

AnimalsBehavior, AnimalElectrodes, ImplantedMaleMicroelectrodesMotor CortexRatsRodentia

Identifiers

PMID30176008
PMCPMC6128113
OpenAlexW2887307207

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