Unit
Neuro-X-STI - Administration
InstituteRelated publications (32)
Unraveling behavior and cortical signals to guide the development of soft neuroprostheses for auditory restoration and spreading depolarization
Neuroprostheses have been used clinically for decades, to help restore or preserve brain functions, when pharmaceutical treatments are inefficient. Although great progress in the field has been made over the years to interface with the nervous system, surf ...
EPFL2024Biophysically accurate and machine learning-based surrogate models to optimize neuroprosthesis design and operation
Electrical stimulation of the nervous system has emerged as a promising assistive technology in case of many injuries and illnesses across various parts of the nervous system. In particular, the invasive neuromodulation of the peripheral nervous system see ...
EPFL2024Modeling, 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 ...
EPFL2024Miniaturised, Wireless and Distributed Neural Interface Toward Cortical Visual Prosthesis
Over the last decades, implantable neural interfaces have been extensively explored and effectively deployed to address neurological and mental health disorders. The existing solutions present several limitations. Firstly, the physical size of the implanta ...
EPFL2023Development of a Transient Neural Interface for Minimally Invasive Recording and Stimulation
Transient electronics enabling devices to safely disappear in the environment can be applied not only in green electronics, but also in bioelectronic medicine. Neural implants able to degrade harmlessly inside the body eliminate the need for removal surger ...
EPFL2022Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain: What is stimulated? - A consensus and critical position paper
Transcranial (electro)magnetic stimulation (TMS) is currently the method of choice to non-invasively induce neural activity in the human brain. A single transcranial stimulus induces a time-varying electric field in the brain that may evoke action potentia ...
ELSEVIER IRELAND 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 ...
EPFL2022Clinical neuroscience and neurotechnology: An amazing symbiosis
Silvestro Micera, Marco Biasizzo
In the last decades, clinical neuroscience found a novel ally in neurotechnologies, devices able to record and stimulate electrical activity in the nervous system. These technologies improved the ability to diagnose and treat neural disorders. Neurotechnol ...
2022Integration of hybrid material systems in conformable neural interfaces
Neural interfaces are devices that are implanted into the body and interface electrically with the central (CNS) or peripheral nervous system. They are inserted surgically for short periods of time or chronically to diagnose or treat several neural disease ...
EPFL2020Tutorial: a computational framework for the design and optimization of peripheral neural interfaces
Silvestro Micera, Simone Romeni, Giacomo Valle
Peripheral neural interfaces have been successfully used in the recent past to restore sensory-motor functions in disabled subjects and for the neuromodulation of the autonomic nervous system. The optimization of these neural interfaces is crucial for ethi ...
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