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Modeling, fabrication and validation of 3D neural interfaces for peripheral nerves and brain organoids
This thesis presents an extensive exploration of neuroelectronic interfaces, focusing on microfabrication, in silico modeling, and their applications in designing and fabricating devices for neural interfacing. The research encompasses both peripheral nerv ...
EPFL2024Left cardiac vagotomy rapidly reduces contralateral cardiac vagal electrical activity in anesthetized Gottingen minipigs
Background: The impact of acute unilateral injury on spontaneous electrical activity in both vagus nerves at the heart level is poorly understood. We investigated the immediate neuroelectrical response after right or left cardiac vagal nerve transection (V ...
Clare2023Cardiovascular response to closed-loop intraneural stimulation of the right vagus nerve: a proof-of-concept study
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an FDA-approved technique for the neuromodulation of the autonomic nervous system. There are many therapeutic applications where VNS could be used as a therapy, such as cardiovascular diseases, epilepsy, depression, and inf ...
New York2023Machine-learning predictor of nerve fiber firing rate allows the automatic optimization of electrical stimulation protocols
Silvestro Micera, Simone Romeni, Luca Pierantoni, Gabriele Marino
Computational models have been widely employed to study the electrical stimulation of the nervous system. Still, most applications either study fundamental mechanisms underlying stimulation, or address qualitative scientific questions. When quantitative qu ...
IEEE2023Low-Intensity Electrostimulation Enhances Neuroregeneration and Improves Erectile Function in a Rat Model of Cavernous Nerve Injury
Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Mikaël Nils Sturny
Background: Neurogenic erectile dysfunction (ED) following radical prostatectomy (RP) is a frequent complication often leading to erectile tissue remodeling and permanent ED. Low-intensity electrostimulation (LIES) has been shown to enhance peripheral nerv ...
ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022A method to establish functional vagus nerve topography from electro-neurographic spontaneous activity
Silvestro Micera, Simone Romeni
Bioelectronic medicine is an emerging approach to treat many types of diseases via electrical stimulation of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). Because the vagus nerve (VN) is one of the most important nerves controlling several ANS functions, stimulation ...
2022Bidirectional bionic limbs: a perspective bridging technology and physiology
Precise control of bionic limbs relies on robust decoding of motor commands from nerves or muscles signals and sensory feedback from artificial limbs to the nervous system by interfacing the afferent nerve pathways. Implantable devices for bidirectional co ...
IOP Publishing Ltd2022Three-dimensional multilayer concentric bipolar electrodes restrict spatial activation in optic nerve stimulation
Diego Ghezzi, Eleonora Borda, Ricardo Camilo Moreira, Marta Jole Ildelfonsa Airaghi Leccardi, Vivien Gaillet, Elodie Geneviève Zollinger
Objective. Intraneural nerve interfaces often operate in a monopolar configuration with a common and distant ground electrode. This configuration leads to a wide spreading of the electric field. Therefore, this approach is suboptimal for intraneural nerve ...
IOP Publishing Ltd2022Fabrication and validation of an intraneural interface tailored for optic nerve stimulation
Technological progress in materials science and microengineering along with new discoveries in neuroscience have contributed to restore lost or impaired sensory functions by closely interfacing with the nervous system. Electronic devices have begun to be i ...
EPFL2022Fabrication of a planar Dielectric Elastomer Actuator and Characterization of its self-discharge rate
Facial paralysis is a very challenging condition that can affect all age groups. It impacts facial movement, appearance, emotional expression, social interactions, and critical functions such as smiling, eating, speaking, or blinking. There are a wide vari ...
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