Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality and therefore pose a
significant threat to human health. Cardiac electrophysiology plays a crucial role in the …

In this article, the authors report on a retinal prosthesis smart stimulator that is biocompatible
and fully compatible with a standard large-scale-integration (LSI) structure and that provides …

Very fine needle-electrode arrays potentially offer both low invasiveness and high spatial
resolution of electrophysiological neuronal recordings in vivo. Herein we report the …

Investigations into mechanisms in various cortical areas can be greatly improved and
supported by stable recording of single neuronal activity. In this study, fine silicon wire …

An LSI-based cooperative multi-chip neural interface device, for stimulation as well as
recording, is proposed and fabricated. The proposed multi-chip device consists of small …

Diabetes is known to cause a variety of complications, having a high correlation with
Alzheimer's disease. Electrophysiological recording using a microscale needle electrode is …

Microscale needle technology is important in electrophysiological studies, drug/chemical
delivery systems, optogenetic applications, and so on. In this study, dissolvable needle-base …

Repeated vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth with Au and PH 3–Si 2 H 6 mixture gas as the
growth catalyst and silicon source, respectively, was used to construct n-type silicon/n-type …

Intracellular recording nanoscale electrode devices provide the advantages of a high spatial
resolution and high sensitivity. However, the length of nanowire/nanotube-based …

The improvement of an electrode array for retinal prosthesis is described. Two elements of
fundamental technology required in next-generation retinal prosthesis, the miniaturization of …