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ArticleScience advances2024

Multifunctional hydrogel electronics for closed-loop antiepileptic treatment.

Jin Qu, Kai Xie, Shu Chen, Xingdao He, Yuan Wang, Matthew Chamberlin, Xi Zhao, Guangyu Zhu, Chenjie Xu, Peng Shi

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Article in Science advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Designing PEDOT:PSS hydrogels for bioelectronic interfaces.Materials today (Kidlington, England) · 2026
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  4. Bioelectronic Considerations in Biomedical Microneedles.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  8. A soft electrode array with reconfigurable hydrogel interfaces for high-fidelity neurophysiological monitoring during craniotomy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  9. Ionic-Bionic Interfaces: Advancing Iontronic Strategies for Bioelectronic Sensing and Therapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  13. Materials and System Design for Self-Decision Bioelectronic Systems.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  19. Gel-Based Ionic Circuits.Chemical reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Jin QuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.ORCID 0009-0002-5968-1069
Kai XieDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.ORCID 0000-0002-9090-8383
Shu ChenDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
Xingdao HeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.ORCID 0000-0002-5361-1409
Yuan WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
Matthew ChamberlinDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.ORCID 0009-0004-1021-451X
Xi ZhaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.
Guangyu ZhuDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.ORCID 0000-0002-4710-7070
Chenjie XuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.ORCID 0000-0002-8278-3912
Peng ShiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR.ORCID 0000-0003-0629-4161

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Closed-loop strategies offer advanced therapeutic potential through intelligent disease management. Here, we develop a hydrogel-based, single-component, organic electronic device for closed-loop neurotherapy. Fabricated out of conductive hydrogels, the device consists of a flexible array of microneedle electrodes, each of which can be individually addressed to perform electrical recording and control chemical release with sophisticated spatiotemporal control, thus pioneering a smart antiseizure therapeutic system by combining electrical and pharmacological interventions. The recorded neural signal acts as the trigger for a voltage-driven drug release in detected pathological conditions predicted by real-time electrophysiology analysis. When implanted into epileptic animals, the device enables autonomous antiseizure management, where the dosing of antiepileptic drug is controlled in a time-sensitive, region-selective, and dose-adaptive manner, allowing the inhibition of seizure outbursts through the delivery of just-necessary drug dosages. The side effects are minimized with dosages three orders of magnitude lower than the usage in approaches simulating existing clinical treatments.

Indexed as

AnticonvulsantsEpilepsyHydrogelsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDrug Delivery SystemsElectronicsRatsSeizuresAnticonvulsantsHydrogels

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PMID39576849
PMCPMC11584000

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