Optoelectronic Probing of Neural Circuits with Multifunctional Fibers

• DOI: 10.1364/boda.2015.brt4b.2
• Publication Date: 2015-04-09T18:09:37Z
• Authors: Polina Anikeeva; Andres Canales; Xiaoting Jia; Chi Lu; Ulrich Froriep; Ryan Koppes; Christina Tringides; Jennifer Selvidge; Yoel FInk
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

With its diversity of signaling modalities: electrical, chemical and mechanical, nervous system poses demands of multimodality on neural interface technologies. Multimaterial fiber technology may enable minimally invasive multifunctional probing of the complexity of neural circuits.