
pmc: PMC9980065 , PMC10592461
handle: 10138/566666 , 1911/114963
Summary Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) enables applications ranging from neuroprosthetics to causal circuit manipulations. However, the resolution, efficacy, and chronic stability of neuromodulation is often compromised by the adverse tissue responses to the indwelling electrodes. Here we engineer ultraflexible stim-Nanoelectronic Threads (StimNETs) and demonstrate low activation threshold, high resolution, and chronically stable ICMS in awake, behaving mouse models. In vivo two-photon imaging reveals that StimNETs remain seamlessly integrated with the nervous tissue throughout chronic stimulation periods and elicit stable, focal neuronal activation at low currents of 2 μA. Importantly, StimNETs evoke longitudinally stable behavioral responses for over eight months at markedly low charge injection of 0.25 nC/phase. Quantified histological analysis show that chronic ICMS by StimNETs induce no neuronal degeneration or glial scarring. These results suggest that tissue-integrated electrodes provide a path for robust, long-lasting, spatially-selective neuromodulation at low currents which lessen risks of tissue damage or exacerbation of off-target side-effects.
Excitability, Tissue, Cortical-neurons, QH301-705.5, Neurosciences, Charge-injection, Activation, Somatosensory Cortex, Interface, Iridium oxide-films, Article, Electric Stimulation, Electrodes, Implanted, Mice, CP: Neuroscience, Stimulation, Image, Animals, Biology (General), Substrate, Electrodes
Excitability, Tissue, Cortical-neurons, QH301-705.5, Neurosciences, Charge-injection, Activation, Somatosensory Cortex, Interface, Iridium oxide-films, Article, Electric Stimulation, Electrodes, Implanted, Mice, CP: Neuroscience, Stimulation, Image, Animals, Biology (General), Substrate, Electrodes
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