A Microchannel Neuroprosthesis for Bladder Control After Spinal Cord Injury in Rat

• DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3007186
• Publication Date: 2013-11-06T19:30:01Z
• Authors: Daniel J. Chew; Lan Zhu; Evangelos Delivop...; Ivan R. Minev; Katherine M. Musick; Charles A. Mosse; Michael Craggs; Nicholas Donaldson; Stéphanie P. Lacour; Stephen B. McMahon; James W. Fawcett
• Keywords: Neural Prostheses; Urinary Bladder; 610; Action Potentials; Urination; Nerve Block; Organ Size; Prosthesis Design; Axons; Electric Stimulation; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Implants, Experimental; Animals; Female; Spinal Nerve Roots; Microelectrodes; Myelin Sheath; Spinal Cord Injuries

An electronic interface for recording and stimulating nerves that innervate the bladder helps to restore normal bladder function in rats with spinal cord injury.