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Microdevices capables of in-vivo recording action potentials and, eventually, stimulating axons, can be valuable tools to increase our knowlegde about the organization of the nervous system. We present a regenerative-type, long-term neural interface to interact with the peripheral nervous system, currently under development at our center. In the paper we show different versions of passive interfaces (nterface containing only via-holes) designed for checking the peripheral nerves regeneration capabilities and a first prototype of active interface (interface containing microelectrodes). Nerve regeneration through the dice via-holes has been proved succesfull by implanting passive interfaces in the sciatic nerve of rats. Finally, a discussion about the main challenges, future work and applications is included.
This work is being carried out under the frame of INTER ESPRIT project and FIS grants.
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Valderrama, E. et al. (1995). Regenerative-type neural interface. In: Mira, J., Sandoval, F. (eds) From Natural to Artificial Neural Computation. IWANN 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 930. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-59497-3_164
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