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ArticleNature communications2025

Intelligent in-cell electrophysiology: Reconstructing intracellular action potentials using a physics-informed deep learning model trained on nanoelectrode array recordings.

Keivan Rahmani, Yang Yang, Ethan Paul Foster, Ching-Ting Tsai, Dhivya Pushpa Meganathan, Diego D Alvarez, Aayush Gupta, Bianxiao Cui, Francesca Santoro, Brenda L Bloodgood and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Sometimes extracellular recordings fail for good reasons.NPJ systems biology and applications · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Keivan RahmaniAiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Yang YangDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Ethan Paul FosterDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8228-1875
Ching-Ting TsaiDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Dhivya Pushpa MeganathanAiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Diego D AlvarezDepartment of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6356-4514
Aayush GuptaDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Bianxiao CuiDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8044-5629
Francesca SantoroCenter for Advanced Biomaterials for Healthcare, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7323-9504
Brenda L BloodgoodDepartment of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Rose YuDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Csaba ForroDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. cforro@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-4363-9898
Zeinab JahedAiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. zjahed@ucsd.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0139-3219

Funding

Nanoscale probes for sensing molecular functions in live cellsR35GM141598 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CUI, BIANXIAO · 2021 to 2025
$3.4M
An electrophysiology platform that enables robust, scalable and long-term intracellular recording of cardiomyocytesR01HL165491 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CUI, BIANXIAO · 2022 to 2025
$2.2M
Label-free Optical Recording of Neuroelectric ActivitiesR01NS121934 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CUI, BIANXIAO, MUELLER, HOLGER · 2021 to 2025
$2.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL165491NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM141598NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS121934United States Department of Defense | United States Air Force | AFMC | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AF Office of Scientific Research) FA9550-23-1-0090
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intracellular electrophysiology is essential in neuroscience, cardiology, and pharmacology for studying cells' electrical properties. Traditional methods like patch-clamp are precise but low-throughput and invasive. Nanoelectrode Arrays (NEAs) offer a promising alternative by enabling simultaneous intracellular and extracellular action potential (iAP and eAP) recordings with high throughput. However, accessing intracellular potentials with NEAs remains challenging. This study presents an AI-supported technique that leverages thousands of synchronous eAP and iAP pairs from stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes on NEAs. Our analysis revealed strong correlations between specific eAP and iAP features, such as amplitude and spiking velocity, indicating that extracellular signals could be reliable indicators of intracellular activity. We developed a physics-informed deep learning model to reconstruct iAP waveforms from extracellular recordings recorded from NEAs and Microelectrode arrays (MEAs), demonstrating its potential for non-invasive, long-term, high-throughput drug cardiotoxicity assessments. This AI-based model paves the way for future electrophysiology research across various cell types and drug interactions.

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Action PotentialsDeep LearningElectrophysiologyMyocytes, CardiacNanotechnologyAnimalsElectrophysiological PhenomenaHumansMicroelectrodes

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PMCPMC11733287

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