Wireless control of nerve growth using bipolar electrodes: a new paradigm in electrostimulation
Ann M. Rajnicek, N. Casañ-Pastor
Abstract
where physical wiring is not possible. Within that scheme of thought an evaluation of specific materials and their dynamic responses as bipolar unwired electrodes is summarized and correlated with changes in dynamic nerve growth during stimulation, suggesting possible future schemes to achieve neural growth using bipolar unwired electrodes with specific characteristics. This strategy emphasizes how nerve growth can be encouraged at injury sites wirelessly to induce repair, as opposed to implanting devices that may substitute the neural signals.
Topics & Concepts
ElectrodeWirelessNeuroscienceComputer scienceChemistryTelecommunicationsPsychologyPhysical chemistryNeuroscience and Neural EngineeringPlanarian Biology and ElectrostimulationPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research