A method for efficient, rapid, and minimally invasive implantation of individual non-functional motes with penetrating subcellular-diameter carbon fiber electrodes into rat cortex
Joseph G. Letner, Jordan L. W. Lam, Miranda G. Copenhaver, Michael Barrow, Paras R. Patel, Julianna M. Richie, Jungho Lee, Hun-Seok Kim, Dawen Cai, James David Weiland, Jamie Phillips, David Blaauw, Cynthia A. Chestek
This paper demonstrates a method for implanting wireless neural dust motes with subcellular-diameter electrodes into rat cortex with high success rates and minimal invasiveness.
Frontiers in Neuroscience · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering