Monolayer, open-mesh, pristine PEDOT:PSS-based conformal brain implants for fully MRI-compatible neural interfaces.
Biosens Bioelectron
; 260: 116446, 2024 Sep 15.
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| ID: mdl-38820722
ABSTRACT
Understanding brain function is essential for advancing our comprehension of human cognition, behavior, and neurological disorders. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) stands out as a powerful tool for exploring brain function, providing detailed insights into its structure and physiology. Combining MRI technology with electrophysiological recording system can enhance the comprehension of brain functionality through synergistic effects. However, the integration of neural implants with MRI technology presents challenges because of its strong electromagnetic (EM) energy during MRI scans. Therefore, MRI-compatible neural implants should facilitate detailed investigation of neural activities and brain functions in real-time in high resolution, without compromising patient safety and imaging quality. Here, we introduce the fully MRI-compatible monolayer open-mesh pristine PEDOTPSS neural interface. This approach addresses the challenges encountered while using traditional metal-based electrodes in the MRI environment such as induced heat or imaging artifacts. PEDOTPSS has a diamagnetic property with low electrical conductivity and negative magnetic susceptibility similar to human tissues. Furthermore, by adopting the optimized open-mesh structure, the induced currents generated by EM energy are significantly diminished, leading to optimized MRI compatibility. Through simulations and experiments, our PEDOTPSS-based open-mesh electrodes showed improved performance in reducing heat generation and eliminating imaging artifacts in an MRI environment. The electrophysiological recording capability was also validated by measuring the local field potential (LFP) from the somatosensory cortex with an in vivo experiment. The development of neural implants with maximized MRI compatibility indicates the possibility of potential tools for future neural diagnostics.
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MEDLINE
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Polímeros
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Imagen por Resonancia Magnética
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Animals
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Humans
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En
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Biosens Bioelectron
Asunto de la revista:
BIOTECNOLOGIA
Año:
2024
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Article
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