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ArticleScientific reports2020

Multi-channel intraneural vagus nerve recordings with a novel high-density carbon fiber microelectrode array.

Ahmad A Jiman, David C Ratze, Elissa J Welle, Paras R Patel, Julianna M Richie, Elizabeth C Bottorff, John P Seymour, Cynthia A Chestek, Tim M Bruns

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahmad A JimanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, NCRC - B10 - A-169, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
David C RatzeBiointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Elissa J WelleDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, NCRC - B10 - A-169, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Paras R PatelDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, NCRC - B10 - A-169, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Julianna M RichieDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, NCRC - B10 - A-169, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Elizabeth C BottorffDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, NCRC - B10 - A-169, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
John P SeymourDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, NCRC - B10 - A-169, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Cynthia A ChestekDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, NCRC - B10 - A-169, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Tim M BrunsDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, NCRC - B10 - A-169, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. bruns@umich.edu.
BioSurfaces (United States) · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Highly-compliant Microneedle Arrays for Peripheral Nerve MappingOT2OD024907 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BRUNS, TIMOTHY M., CHESTEK, CYNTHIA ANNE · 2017 to 2019
$1.9M
NIH HHS OT2 OD024907
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autonomic nerves convey essential neural signals that regulate vital body functions. Recording clearly distinctive physiological neural signals from autonomic nerves will help develop new treatments for restoring regulatory functions. However, this is very challenging due to the small nature of autonomic nerves and the low-amplitude signals from their small axons. We developed a multi-channel, high-density, intraneural carbon fiber microelectrode array (CFMA) with ultra-small electrodes (8-9 µm in diameter, 150-250 µm in length) for recording physiological action potentials from small autonomic nerves. In this study, we inserted CFMA with up to 16 recording carbon fibers in the cervical vagus nerve of 22 isoflurane-anesthetized rats. We recorded action potentials with peak-to-peak amplitudes of 15.1-91.7 µV and signal-to-noise ratios of 2.0-8.3 on multiple carbon fibers per experiment, determined conduction velocities of some vagal signals in the afferent (0.7-4.4 m/s) and efferent (0.7-8.8 m/s) directions, and monitored firing rate changes in breathing and blood glucose modulated conditions. Overall, these experiments demonstrated that CFMA is a novel interface for in-vivo intraneural action potential recordings. This work is considerable progress towards the comprehensive understanding of physiological neural signaling in vital regulatory functions controlled by autonomic nerves.

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Carbon FiberElectrodes, ImplantedMicroelectrodesAnimalsFemaleMaleMonitoring, PhysiologicRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyVagus NerveCarbon Fiber

Identifiers

PMID32968177
PMCPMC7511947
OpenAlexW3088051893

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