Nicholas Opie

The potential of closed-loop endovascular neurostimulation as a viable therapeutic approach for drug-resistant epilepsy: A critical review

Nicholas L Opie, Terence J O'Brien

Journal article  |  2021  |  ARTIFICIAL ORGANS

Over the last few decades, biomedical implants have successfully delivered therapeutic electrical stimulation to reduce the freque..

Motor neuroprosthesis implanted with neurointerventional surgery improves capacity for activities of daily living tasks in severe paralysis: first in-human experience

Thomas J Oxley, Peter E Yoo, Gil S Rind, Stephen M Ronayne, CM Sarah Lee, Christin Bird, Victoria Hampshire, Rahul P Sharma, Andrew Morokoff, Daryl L Williams, Christopher MacIsaac, Mark E Howard, Lou Irving, Ivan Vrljic, Cameron Williams, Sam E John, Frank Weissenborn, Madeleine Dazenko, Anna H Balabanski, David Friedenberg, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF NEUROINTERVENTIONAL SURGERY

BACKGROUND: Implantable brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), functioning as motor neuroprostheses, have the potential to restore volu..

In vivofeasibility of epiretinal stimulation using ultrananocrystalline diamond electrodes

Mohit N Shivdasani, Mihailo Evans, Owen Burns, Jonathan Yeoh, Penelope J Allen, David AX Nayagam, Joel Villalobos, Carla J Abbott, Chi D Luu, Nicholas L Opie, Anu Sabu, Alexia L Saunders, Michelle McPhedran, Lisa Cardamone, Ceara McGowan, Vanessa Maxim, Richard A Williams, Kate E Fox, Rosemary Cicione, David J Garrett, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING

OBJECTIVE: Due to their increased proximity to retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), epiretinal visual prostheses present the opportunity..

Distinct Neural Correlates Underlie Inhibitory Mechanisms of Motor Inhibition and Motor Imagery Restraint

PE Yoo, TJ Oxley, MA Hagan, S John, SM Ronayne, GS Rind, AM Brinded, NL Opie, BA Moffat, YT Wong

Journal article  |  2020  |  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

There is evidence to suggest that motor execution and motor imagery both involve planning and execution of the same motor plan, ho..

Endovascular Neuromodulation: Safety Profile and Future Directions

Samad A Raza, Nicholas L Opie, Andrew Morokoff, Rahul P Sharma, Peter J Mitchell, Thomas J Oxley

Journal article  |  2020  |  FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY

Endovascular neuromodulation is an emerging technology that represents a synthesis between interventional neurology and neural eng..

Sensor Modalities for Brain-Computer Interface Technology: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Michael L Martini, Eric Karl Oermann, Nicholas L Opie, Fedor Panov, Thomas Oxley, Kurt Yaeger

Journal article  |  2020  |  NEUROSURGERY

Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology is rapidly developing and changing the paradigm of neurorestoration by linking cortical ..

Neural Stimulation with an Endovascular Brain-Machine Interface

NL Opie, SE John, G Gerboni, GS Rind, TJH Lovell, SM Ronayne, YT Wong, CN May, DB Grayden, TJ Oxley

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  2019 9th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER)

Stimulation of deep cortical structures has been demonstrated to provide symptomatic alleviation to people with depression, Parkin..

Evaluation of a minimally invasive endovascular neural interface for decoding motor activity

IA Forsyth, M Dunston, G Lombardi, GS Rind, S Ronayne, YT Wong, CN May, DB Grayden, T Oxley, N Opie, SE John

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  2019 9th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER)

Endovascular devices like the Stentrode™ provide a minimally invasive approach to brain-machine-interfaces that mitigates safety c..

Removing the need for invasive brain surgery: the potential of stent electrodes

Nicholas L Opie, Thomas J Oxley

Journal article  |  2019  |  Bioelectronics in Medicine

In Vivo Impedance Characterization of Cortical Recording Electrodes Shows Dependence on Electrode Location and Size

Sam E John, Nicholas V Apollo, Nicholas L Opie, Gil S Rind, Stephen M Ronayne, Clive N May, Thomas J Oxley, David B Grayden

Journal article  |  2019  |  IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

OBJECTIVE: Neural prostheses are improving the quality of life for those suffering from neurological impairments. Electrocorticogr..