Mechanical flexibility reduces the foreign body response to long- term implanted microelectrodes in rabbit cortex
Harbaljit S Sohal, Gavin J Clowry, Andrew Jackson, Anthony O'Neill, Stuart N Baker
This study compares the glial response to microwires and a flexible electrode implanted in rabbit cortex over 26-96 weeks, finding reduced gliosis with the flexible electrode.
bioRxiv · Jun 14, 2016Neuroscience