Chronic large-scale recording and stimulation enabled by ultra-flexible high-density neural probes and an implantation robot

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dc.contributor.advisorXie, Chong
dc.creatorWang, Weinan
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-22T21:19:39Z
dc.date.available2024-01-22T21:19:39Z
dc.date.created2023-12
dc.date.issued2023-10-17
dc.date.submittedDecember 2023
dc.date.updated2024-01-22T21:19:39Z
dc.descriptionEMBARGO NOTE: This item is embargoed until 2025-12-01
dc.description.abstractUltraflexible nanoelectronic neural probes have shown their capabilities in stable long-term recording at a wide range of spatial-temporal scales and a high resolution from animal brains, thanks to their miniaturized electrode configurations and close-to-tissue mechanical compliance that contribute to a glial scar-free interface. These features also enable them to be integrated with imaging systems for neuron ensemble and vasculature study. However, current neural recording devices cannot record and process data from a large across-brain-region scale at a cellular level, while ensuring the free movement of an animal. Here, we present electron-beam lithography (EBL) fabricated high-density flexible probes with up to 1024 channels. They record spikes from free-moving rats with little amplitude degradation over up to 3 months. The ultraflexible polymer probes can be integrated with a lightweight, densely packed application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that enables simultaneous multi-thousand channel recording. We further propose a semi-automated implantation robot that has 32 individually and simultaneously addressable arms that integrate with probes, capable of inserting the shanks into a rodent’s brain at any geometric configuration at a wide range of speed per user’s need. The robot provides a reliable solution for parallel and independent insertion, which is useful for reducing implantation time and the adverse biological response. To our knowledge, it is so far the largest configurable parallel implantation system. We believe the high-density probes in combination with the high degree-of-freedom manipulation of the implantation will be an enabling technology in neuroscience studies in animal models, as well as in clinical applications.
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dc.identifier.citationWang, Weinan. "Chronic large-scale recording and stimulation enabled by ultra-flexible high-density neural probes and an implantation robot." (2023) Master's thesis, Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/115337
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/115337
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectUltraflexible
dc.subjectnanoelectronic
dc.subjectneural probes
dc.subjectmulti electrode arrays
dc.subjectchronic recording
dc.subjectneuron stimulation
dc.subjecthigh spatio-temporal resolution
dc.subjecthigh channel density
dc.subjectneural spikes recording and tracking
dc.subjectimplantation robot
dc.subjectsimultaneous implantation
dc.subjectconfigurable implantation sites
dc.titleChronic large-scale recording and stimulation enabled by ultra-flexible high-density neural probes and an implantation robot
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.departmentApplied Physics
thesis.degree.disciplineApplied Physics/Electrical Eng
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science
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