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ArticleAdvanced functional materials2014

Film-based Implants for Supporting Neuron-Electrode Integrated Interfaces for The Brain.

Min D Tang-Schomer, Xiao Hu, Marie Tupaj, Lee W Tien, Michael Whalen, Fiorenzo Omenetto, David L Kaplan

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Article in Advanced functional materials, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Min D Tang-SchomerTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA 02155.
Xiao HuDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028.
Marie TupajTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA 02155.
Lee W TienTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA 02155.
Michael WhalenHarvard Medical School, Acute Brain Injury Research Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Charlestown, MA 02129.
Fiorenzo OmenettoTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA 02155.
David L KaplanTufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medford, MA 02155.

Funding

Translational Bioreactors - Engineering Complex TissuesP41EB002520 · NIBIB · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI KAPLAN, DAVID L. · 2004 to 2018
$16.7M
Electrotherapeutic strategies for connective tissue repairR01AR061988 · NIAMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI HUNG, CLARK T., KAPLAN, DAVID L. · 2011 to 2015
$3.3M
Plasmalemma permeability: A therapeutic target for traumatic brain injury?R01NS061255 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WHALEN, MICHAEL J · 2008 to 2012
$1.9M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR061988NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB002520NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS061255
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural engineering provides promise for cell therapy by integrating the host brain with brain-machine-interface technologies in order to externally modulate functions. Long-term interfaces with the host brain remain a critical challenge due to insufficient graft cell survivability and loss of brain electrode sensitivity over time. Here, integrated neuron-electrode interfaces were developed on thin flexible and transparent silk films as brain implants. Mechanical properties and surface topography of silk films were optimized to promote cell survival and alignment of primary rat cortical cells. Compartmentalized cultures of living neural circuit and co-patterned electrode arrays were incorporated on the silk films with built-in wire connections. Electrical stimulation via electrodes embedded in the films activated surrounding neurons evoked calcium responses. In mice brains the silk film implants showed conformal contact capable of modulating host brain cells with minimal inflammatory response and stable indwelling for weeks. The approach of combining cell therapy and brain electrodes could provide sustained functional brain-machine interfaces with

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brain implantcalcium imagingelasticityelectrical stimulationmicropatterningsilksurface topography

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PMID25386113
PMCPMC4224295

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