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Integration of reconfigurable microchannels into aligned three-dimensional neural networks for spatially controllable neuromodulation.


ABSTRACT: Anisotropically organized neural networks are indispensable routes for functional connectivity in the brain, which remains largely unknown. While prevailing animal models require additional preparation and stimulation-applying devices and have exhibited limited capabilities regarding localized stimulation, no in vitro platform exists that permits spatiotemporal control of chemo-stimulation in anisotropic three-dimensional (3D) neural networks. We present the integration of microchannels seamlessly into a fibril-aligned 3D scaffold by adapting a single fabrication principle. We investigated the underlying physics of elastic microchannels' ridges and interfacial sol-gel transition of collagen under compression to determine a critical window of geometry and strain. We demonstrated the spatiotemporally resolved neuromodulation in an aligned 3D neural network by local deliveries of KCl and Ca2+ signal inhibitors, such as tetrodotoxin, nifedipine, and mibefradil, and also visualized Ca2+ signal propagation with a speed of ~3.7 μm/s. We anticipate that our technology will pave the way to elucidate functional connectivity and neurological diseases associated with transsynaptic propagation.

SUBMITTER: Jeong S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10005277 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Integration of reconfigurable microchannels into aligned three-dimensional neural networks for spatially controllable neuromodulation.

Jeong Sohyeon S   Kang Hyun Wook HW   Kim So Hyun SH   Hong Gyu-Sang GS   Nam Min-Ho MH   Seong Jihye J   Yoon Eui-Sung ES   Cho Il-Joo IJ   Chung Seok S   Bang Seokyoung S   Kim Hong Nam HN   Choi Nakwon N  

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Anisotropically organized neural networks are indispensable routes for functional connectivity in the brain, which remains largely unknown. While prevailing animal models require additional preparation and stimulation-applying devices and have exhibited limited capabilities regarding localized stimulation, no in vitro platform exists that permits spatiotemporal control of chemo-stimulation in anisotropic three-dimensional (3D) neural networks. We present the integration of microchannels seamless  ...[more]

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