[HTML][HTML] Through the looking glass: a review of cranial window technology for optical access to the brain

SW Cramer, RE Carter, JD Aronson… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Deciphering neurologic function is a daunting task, requiring understanding the neuronal
networks and emergent properties that arise from the interactions among single neurons …

Invasive intraneural interfaces: foreign body reaction issues

F Lotti, F Ranieri, G Vadalà, L Zollo… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Intraneural interfaces are stimulation/registration devices designed to couple the peripheral
nervous system (PNS) with the environment. Over the last years, their use has increased in a …

Skull optical clearing window for in vivo imaging of the mouse cortex at synaptic resolution

YJ Zhao, TT Yu, C Zhang, Z Li, QM Luo… - Light: Science & …, 2018 - nature.com
Imaging cells and microvasculature in the living brain is crucial to understanding an array of
neurobiological phenomena. Here, we introduce a skull optical clearing window for imaging …

A soft, transparent, freely accessible cranial window for chronic imaging and electrophysiology

C Heo, H Park, YT Kim, E Baeg, YH Kim, SG Kim… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Chronic in vivo imaging and electrophysiology are important for better understanding of
neural functions and circuits. We introduce the new cranial window using soft, penetrable …

Development of nano-and microdevices for the next generation of biotechnology, wearables and miniaturized instrumentation

LRG Palacios, AG Bracamonte - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This is a short communication based on recent high-impact publications related to how
various chemical materials and substrate modifications could be tuned for nano-and …

[HTML][HTML] Neural circuit changes in neurological disorders: evidence from in vivo two-photon imaging

H Xiong, F Tang, Y Guo, R Xu, P Lei - Ageing Research Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Neural circuits, such as synaptic plasticity and neural activity, are critical components of
healthy brain function. The consequent dynamic remodeling of neural circuits is an ongoing …

Toward biomaterial-based implantable photonic devices

M Humar, SJJ Kwok, M Choi, AK Yetisen, S Cho… - …, 2017 - degruyter.com
Optical technologies are essential for the rapid and efficient delivery of health care to
patients. Efforts have begun to implement these technologies in miniature devices that are …

Biomedical and tissue engineering strategies to control foreign body reaction to invasive neural electrodes

M Gori, G Vadalà, SM Giannitelli, V Denaro… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neural-interfaced prostheses aim to restore sensorimotor limb functions in amputees. They
rely on bidirectional neural interfaces, which represent the communication bridge between …

Implantable microimaging device for observing brain activities of rodents

J Ohta, Y Ohta, H Takehara, T Noda… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this review, we present an implantable microimaging device to observe brain activities of
small experimental animals such as mice and rats. Three categories of such devices are …

Abnormal intrinsic dynamics of dendritic spines in a fragile X syndrome mouse model in vivo

A Nagaoka, H Takehara, A Hayashi-Takagi… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Dendritic spine generation and elimination play an important role in learning and memory,
the dynamics of which have been examined within the neocortex in vivo. Spine turnover has …