New Insights to Design Electrospun Fibers with Tunable Electrical Conductive–Semiconductive Properties

W Serrano-Garcia, I Bonadies, SW Thomas, V Guarino - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fiber electronics, such as those produced by the electrospinning technique, have an
extensive range of applications including electrode surfaces for batteries and sensors …

[HTML][HTML] Cracking brain diseases from gut microbes-mediated metabolites for precise treatment

Y Gong, A Chen, G Zhang, Q Shen, L Zou… - … Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The gut-brain axis has been a subject of significant interest in recent years. Understanding
the link between the gut and brain axis is crucial for the treatment of disorders. Here, the …

[HTML][HTML] A conductive supramolecular hydrogel creates ideal endogenous niches to promote spinal cord injury repair

B Yang, C Liang, D Chen, F Cheng, Y Zhang, S Wang… - Bioactive materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The current effective method for treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI) is to reconstruct the
biological microenvironment by filling the injured cavity area and increasing neuronal …

Graphene oxide electrodes enable electrical stimulation of distinct calcium signalling in brain astrocytes

R Fabbri, A Scidà, E Saracino, G Conte… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Astrocytes are responsible for maintaining homoeostasis and cognitive functions through
calcium signalling, a process that is altered in brain diseases. Current bioelectronic tools are …

Electroconductive and injectable hydrogels based on gelatin and PEDOT: PSS for a minimally invasive approach in nervous tissue regeneration

F Furlani, M Montanari, N Sangiorgi, E Saracino… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This work describes the development of electroconductive hydrogels as injectable matrices
for neural tissue regeneration by exploiting a biocompatible conductive polymer–poly (3, 4 …

Challenges and opportunities of advanced gliomodulation technologies for excitation-inhibition balance of brain networks

K Chen, KC Stieger, TDY Kozai - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent neuroscience studies have highlighted the critical role of glial cells in information
processing. This has increased the demand for technologies that selectively modulate glial …

Graphene and graphene-related materials as brain electrodes

B Xu, J Pei, L Feng, XD Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Neural electrodes are used for acquiring neuron signals in brain–machine interfaces, and
they are crucial for next-generation neuron engineering and related medical applications …

Critical involvement of glial cells in manganese neurotoxicity

J Soto-Verdugo, A Ortega - BioMed Research International, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the years, most of the research concerning manganese exposure was restricted to the
toxicity of neuronal cells. Manganese is an essential trace element that in high doses exerts …

Unraveling the Mechanobiology underlying traumatic brain injury with advanced technologies and biomaterials

X Shao, Z Liu, S Mao, L Han - Advanced healthcare materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a worldwide health and socioeconomic problem, associated
with prolonged and complex neurological aftermaths, including a variety of functional deficits …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging science of Glioception: Contribution of glia in sensing, transduction, circuit integration of interoception

R Fabbri, D Spennato, G Conte… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Interoception is the process by which the nervous system regulates internal functions to
achieve homeostasis. The role of neurons in interoception has received considerable recent …