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Elastocapillary self-assembled neurotassels for stable neural activity recordings.

ABSTRACT: Implantable neural probes that are mechanically compliant with brain tissue offer important opportunities for stable neural interfaces in both basic neuroscience and clinical applications. Here, we developed a Neurotassel consisting of an array of flexible and high-aspect ratio microelectrode filaments. A Neurotassel can spontaneously assemble into a thin and implantable fiber through elastocapillary interactions when withdrawn from a molten, tissue-dissolvable polymer. Chronically implanted Neurotassels elicited minimal neuronal cell loss in the brain and enabled stable activity recordings of the same population of neurons in mice learning to perform a task. Moreover, Neurotassels can be readily scaled up to 1024 microelectrode filaments, each with a neurite-scale cross-sectional footprint of 3 × 1.5 ?m2, to form implantable fibers with a total diameter of ~100 ?m. With their ultrasmall sizes, high flexibility, and scalability, Neurotassels offer a new approach for stable neural activity recording and neuroprosthetics.

SUBMITTER: Guan S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6436924 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Elastocapillary self-assembled neurotassels for stable neural activity recordings.

Guan S S Wang J J Gu X X Zhao Y Y Hou R R Fan H H Zou L L Gao L L Du M M Li C C Fang Y Y

Science advances 20190327 3

Implantable neural probes that are mechanically compliant with brain tissue offer important opportunities for stable neural interfaces in both basic neuroscience and clinical applications. Here, we developed a Neurotassel consisting of an array of flexible and high-aspect ratio microelectrode filaments. A Neurotassel can spontaneously assemble into a thin and implantable fiber through elastocapillary interactions when withdrawn from a molten, tissue-dissolvable polymer. Chronically implanted Neu ...[more]

PMID: 30944856

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Elastocapillary self-assembled neurotassels for stable neural activity recordings.

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Elastocapillary self-assembled neurotassels for stable neural activity recordings.

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