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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2024

Flexible Polymer Electrodes for Stable Prosthetic Visual Perception in Mice.

Corinne Orlemann, Christian Boehler, Roxana N Kooijmans, Bingshuo Li, Maria Asplund, Pieter R Roelfsema

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Corinne OrlemannDepartment of Vision and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, 1105 BA, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7939-7546
Christian BoehlerDepartment of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7961-7411
Roxana N KooijmansDepartment of Vision and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, 1105 BA, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7808-2243
Bingshuo LiDepartment of Vision and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, 1105 BA, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9024-8354
Maria AsplundDepartment of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110, Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8779-7478
Pieter R RoelfsemaDepartment of Vision and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, 1105 BA, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1625-0034

Funding

European Union's Horizon 2020 899287NeuraViPeRGravitation program of the Dutch Ministry of Science, Education and Culture DBI2HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council 101052963 NUMEROUSHuman Brain Project SGA3 945539NWO Crossover Program 17619INTENSE
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain interfaces that can stimulate neurons, cause minimal damage, and work for a long time will be central for future neuroprosthetics. Here, the long-term performance of highly flexible, thin polyimide shanks with several small (<15 µm) electrodes during electrical microstimulation of the visual cortex, is reported. The electrodes exhibit a remarkable stability when several billions of electrical pulses are applied in vitro. When the devices are implanted in the primary visual cortex (area V1) of mice and the animals are trained to detect electrical microstimulation, it is found that the perceptual thresholds are 2-20 microamperes (µA), which is far below the maximal currents that the electrodes can withstand. The long-term functionality of the devices in vivo is excellent, with stable performance for up to more than a year and little damage to the brain tissue. These results demonstrate the potential of thin floating electrodes for the long-term restoration of lost sensory functions.

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Electrodes, ImplantedPolymersVisual PerceptionAnimalsElectric StimulationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLVisual CortexVisual ProsthesisPolymersbioengineeringcortical implantmicroelectrodesvisionvisual prosthesis

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PMID38324245
PMCPMC11468866

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