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Understanding the Effects of Conductive Polymer Electrode Coating on Recorded Neural Signals

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Conductive polymer coatings are widely explored to improve the quality of signals recorded with chronically implanted neural electrodes, offering enhanced biocompatibility along with reduced electrode impedance. Combining computational modelling and data from PEDOT:PTS coated and PtIr electrodes in rats, we show that improvements in signal quality with
Karthik Sridhar, Judith Evers, Alexandre Trotier, Manus Biggs, Madeleine M. Lowery   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Boron‐Doped Nano‐Crystalline Coated Carbon Fibers for Phasic Dopamine Sensing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This uniform coating presents a mix of graphitic and diamond‐like carbon to create a mechanically and electrically robust alternative for the electrochemical detection of dopamine. The electrodes in this work possess the equivalent sensitivity to the state‐of‐the‐art FSCV dopamine detecting electrodes, whilst demonstrating an ability to withstand ...
Simon J. Higham, Juan M. Rojas Cabrera, Youngjong Kwak, Lydia Hong, Andre Chambers, Athavan Nadarajah, Sorel E. De Leon, Young Jun Jung, Negin Jalilinejad, Charles Blaha, Dong Pyo Jang, Yoonbae Oh, Kendall Lee, Alastair Stacey, Shaun L. Cloherty, Michael R. Ibbotson, David J. Garrett, Steven Prawer, Hojin Shin, Wei Tong   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spinal astrocyte-derived interleukin-17A promotes pain hypersensitivity in bone cancer mice

Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B
Spinal microglia and astrocytes are both involved in neuropathic and inflammatory pain, which may display sexual dimorphism. Here, we demonstrate that the sustained activation of spinal astrocytes and astrocyte-derived interleukin (IL)-17A promotes the ...
Huizhu Liu, Xuejing Lv, Xin Zhao, Lanxing Yi, Ning Lv, Wendong Xu, Yuqiu Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A 3D Astrocyte Microenvironment Model Enables Rapid Ca2+‐Resolved Analysis and Therapeutic Modulation of Oxidative Neuroinflammation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This work presents ARC‐3D, a soft 3D model that recreates how brain support cells, called astrocytes, react to oxidative stress. The system visualizes rapid calcium changes and inflammatory signals, and shows how the drug KDS12025 can protect cells from damage. ARC‐3D offers a simple, reliable way to study early drivers of brain inflammation.
Ju‐Kang Kim, Ye‐Ji Kim, Seyoung Ryu, Daeui Park, Kyoung‐Sik Moon, Yu Bin Lee, Dong Ho Woo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human Brain Vasculature‐on‐a‐Chip Model Constructed With Microvessels Isolated From Cryopreserved Postmortem Human Brain Tissue

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This manuscript describes the cultivation of viable microvessels from cryopreserved human brain tissue. When embedded in hydrogels and cultured in microfluidic devices, these microvessels exhibit complex architectures reminiscent of arterioles and capillaries, can be perfused, and display intact barrier function. Collectively, these results demonstrate
Brian J. O'Grady, A. Scott McCall, Samuel Cullison, Daniel Chavarria, Matthew S. Schrag, Ethan S. Lippmann   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advanced 3D Platforms for Modeling CNS Neuroinflammation: Cell Integration, Techniques, and Challenges

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review summarizes the roles of key central nervous system cell types, the extracellular matrix, and the blood‐brain barrier in neuroinflammation, and their integration into diverse 3D culture systems. It examines major incorporation strategies, including direct co‐culture, hydrogel encapsulation, transwell migration assays, and bioprinting ...
Emmanuelle D. Aiyegbusi, Julia Di Stefano, Dearbhaile Dooley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Activating the Astrocytes of the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus via Its Neural Circuits With the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Improves Depression in Mice

Behavioural Neurology
Astrocytes are the primary cell type in the central nervous system, responsible for maintaining the stability of the brain’s internal environment and supporting neuronal functions.
Jingyu Zhao, Yuang Wang, Chunxiao Tian, Jialiang Wang, Feng Chen, Xi Dong, Jiayi Luo, Yuxuan Zhu, Aili Liu, Zengguang Ma, Hui Shen   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

ETV2 Mediated Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Results in Functional Endothelial Cells for Engineering Advanced Vascularized Microphysiological Models

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A robust method to generate functional human iPSC‐derived endothelial cells using inducible ETV2 expression. These cells self‐organize into stable, lumenized microvascular networks within microfluidic chips, surpassing conventional differentiation methods.
Shun Zhang, Zhengpeng Wan, Lei Wang, Caihong Wu, Junkai Zhang, Sarah Spitz, Xun Wang, Marie A. Floryan, Mark F. Coughlin, Francesca M. Pramotton, Liling Xu, Ron Weiss, Roger D. Kamm   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Astrocytic lysosome deficits reduce alpha-synuclein degradation and induce the spread of pathology

Neurobiology of Disease
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that results from a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. A pathological hallmark of PD is proteinaceous inclusions called Lewy body aggregates, which consist primarily of misfolded
Lindsay M. Roth, Olga Morozova, Jan Stöhr, Jason Schapansky   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Computational Astrocyence: Astrocytes encode inhibitory activity into the frequency and spatial extent of their calcium elevations

, 2019
Deciphering the complex interactions between neurotransmission and astrocytic $Ca^{2+}$ elevations is a target promising a comprehensive understanding of brain function.
Ivanov, Vladimir A., Michmizos, Konstantinos P., Polykretis, Ioannis E.   +2 more
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