title: Cortical neural excitations in rats in vivo with using a prototype of a wireless multi-channel microstimulation system.
abstract: Understanding neural responses to multi-site electrical stimuli would be of essential importance for developing cortical neural prostheses. In order to provide a tool for such studies in experimental animals, we recently constructed a prototype of a wireless multi-channel microstimulation system, consisting of a stimulator chip, wireless data/power transmitters and receivers, and microcomputers. The proper operations of the system in cortical neural excitations were examined in anesthetized rats in vivo, with utilizing the voltage-sensitive dye imaging technique.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Umehira
authors.forename: Kouki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takatani
authors.forename: Shigetoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Futami
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kameda
authors.forename: Takatsugu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: Arif Ullah
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yagi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D008838:Microcomputers; D058117:Neural Prostheses; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D056969:Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging; D059015:Wireless Technology