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A Novel Drug‐Loaded Porous Parylene Electrode for Targeted Anti‐Inflammatory Therapy and Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implantation

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A porous parylene‐coated electrode loaded with dexamethasone was developed to reduce inflammation after cochlear implantation. In guinea pigs, the device provided sustained drug release, maintained biocompatibility, improved auditory brainstem response thresholds, and reduced inflammatory cell infiltration and TNF‐α expression.
Chi‐Chieh Chang, Ying‐Chang Lu, Yu‐Ming Chang, Yen‐Hui Chan, Hong‐Yu Yan, Yi‐Shan Lee, Pei‐Hsuan Lin, Cheng‐Yu Hsieh, Chuan‐Jen Hsu, Tien‐Chen Liu, Hsien‐Yeh Chen, Chen‐Chi Wu   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Photovoltaic Stimulation of Mouse and Pig Retina With Pyrolytic Carbon Microelectrodes Integrated on High‐Density Silicon Solar Cell Arrays

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
In this study, we fabricate photovoltaic retinal implants with pyrolytic carbon electrodes and test their ability to stimulate mouse and pig retinas when illuminated with near‐infrared light. We find increased spiking activity in both animal models compared to spontaneous activity and TTX controls and analyze the spike amplitude, latency and frequency.
Akihiro Matsumoto, Pratik Kusumanchi, Jesper Guldsmed Madsen, Asbjørn Cortnum Jørgensen, Gisele Alves dos Reis Benatto, Sune Thorsteinsson, Peter Behrensdorff Poulsen, Keisuke Yonehara, Toke Bek, Stephan Sylvest Keller, Rasmus Schmidt Davidsen   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Human Skin Equivalents: The Crucial Role of Neurovascular Integration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review discusses the importance of integrating vascular and peripheral nerve systems into human skin equivalents (HSEs) to better recapitulate native skin physiology. Recent advances in vascularized, innervated, and neurovascularized HSEs are highlighted, together with emerging bioengineering strategies, current challenges, and future ...
Hao Wu, Lorenzo Moroni, Nicolas Lebonvallet, Vincent Flacher, Paul Wieringa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between optical coherence tomography and electrophysiology of the visual pathway in non-optic neuritis eyes of multiple sclerosis patients. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
PURPOSE: Loss of retinal ganglion cells in in non-optic neuritis eyes of Multiple Sclerosis patients (MS-NON) has recently been demonstrated. However, the pathological basis of this loss at present is not clear.
Prema Sriram, Chenyu Wang, Con Yiannikas, Raymond Garrick, Michael Barnett, John Parratt, Stuart L Graham, Hemamalini Arvind, Alexander Klistorner   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optical Detection of Cellular Signals at Material Interfaces

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Emerging functional materials are transforming optical detection of cellular signals. This review highlights optical techniques that exploit the unique optical properties of diverse materials to detect and quantify cellular electrical, chemical, and mechanical signals, and discusses key opportunities and challenges.
Xuchen Ren, Jitong Ren, Zixin Zhang, Koney Eungkon Kim, Francis L. Hong, Yuecheng Peter Zhou   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selective deletion of zinc transporter 3 in amacrine cells promotes retinal ganglion cell survival and optic nerve regeneration after injury

Neural Regeneration Research, 2023
[INLINE:1] Vision depends on accurate signal conduction from the retina to the brain through the optic nerve, an important part of the central nervous system that consists of bundles of axons originating from retinal ganglion cells.
Zhe Liu, Jingfei Xue, Canying Liu, Jiahui Tang, Siting Wu, Jicheng Lin, Jiaxu Han, Qi Zhang, Caiqing Wu, Haishun Huang, Ling Zhao, Yehong Zhuo, Yiqing Li   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neuromorphic Electronics for Intelligence Everywhere: Emerging Devices, Flexible Platforms, and Scalable System Architectures

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The perspective presents an integrated view of neuromorphic technologies, from device physics to real‐time applicability, while highlighting the necessity of full‐stack co‐optimization. By outlining practical hardware‐level strategies to exploit device behavior and mitigate non‐idealities, it shows pathways for building efficient, scalable, and ...
Kapil Bhardwaj, Roshni Satheesh Babu, Yuxin Xia, Eva Bestelink, Radu Sporea, Nikos Hastas, Ioannis Zeimpekis, Dimitra G. Georgiadou, Sayani Majumdar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Temporal Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Is the Most Important Optical Coherence Tomography Estimate in Multiple Sclerosis

Frontiers in Neurology, 2017
BackgroundReduced peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL) and combined ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer (GCIP) thicknesses as measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT) have been observed in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
Ulrika Birkeldh, Ali Manouchehrinia, Max Albert Hietala, Jan Hillert, Tomas Olsson, Fredrik Piehl, Ingrid Skelton Kockum, Lou Brundin, Ori Zahavi, Marika Wahlberg-Ramsay, Rune Brautaset, Maria Nilsson   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bioengineered Interfaces for Peripheral Nerve Sensory Restoration

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Half of amputees abandon their prosthetics for lack of feeling. This review charts the full path from peripheral nerve injury to restored sensation, through surgical, regenerative, noninvasive, and implanted approaches, and shows how injury type and interface material properties determine which strategy can deliver naturalistic feedback, and why ...
Sydney Swedick, Salim El Hadwe, Kesi Liang, George G. Malliaras, Damiano G. Barone   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retinal ganglion cell loss is accompanied by antibody depositions and increased levels of microglia after immunization with retinal antigens. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BackgroundAntibodies against retinal and optic nerve antigens are detectable in glaucoma patients. Recent studies using a model of experimental autoimmune glaucoma demonstrated that immunization with certain ocular antigens causes an immun-mediated ...
Stephanie C Joachim, Oliver W Gramlich, Panagiotis Laspas, Heiko Schmid, Sabine Beck, Harald D von Pein, H Burkhard Dick, Norbert Pfeiffer, Franz H Grus   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source