In vivo validation of the electronic depth control probes

Biomed Tech (Berl). 2014 Aug;59(4):283-9. doi: 10.1515/bmt-2012-0102.

Abstract

In this article, we evaluated the electrophysiological performance of a novel, high-complexity silicon probe array. This brain-implantable probe implements a dynamically reconfigurable voltage-recording device, coordinating large numbers of electronically switchable recording sites, referred to as electronic depth control (EDC). Our results show the potential of the EDC devices to record good-quality local field potentials, and single- and multiple-unit activities in cortical regions during pharmacologically induced cortical slow wave activity in an animal model.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Brain / physiology*
  • Electrodes, Implanted*
  • Electroencephalography / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems / instrumentation*
  • Microelectrodes*
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity