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Polina Anikeeva.
Canales, Andrés
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
2014-07-11T21:07:35Z
2014-07-11T21:07:35Z
2013
2013
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88380
881182479
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2013.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-39).
Limitations in the currently available technology for neural probes impede our progress towards a comprehensive brain activity map. The lack of understanding the brain function leads to limited options for the treatment of neurological disorders. In this thesis, I employed a two-step thermal drawing process (TDP), widely used in fabrication of optical fibers, to create arrays of metal microelectrodes embedded in a polymer cladding. The pitch and size of the electrodes were determined on the macroscale and preserved during the TDP. I have applied these fiber-inspired probes to record spontaneous and stimulated neural activity in vivo.
by Andrés Canales.
S.M.
40 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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