Focal stimulation of the sheep motor cortex with a chronically implanted minimally invasive electrode array mounted on an endovascular stent

Nicholas L Opie; Sam E John; Gil S Rind; Stephen M Ronayne; Yan T Wong; Giulia Gerboni; Peter E Yoo; Timothyj H Lovell; Theodore CM Scordas; Stefan L Wilson; Anthony Dornom; Thomas Vale; Terence J O'brien; David B Grayden; Clive N May; Thomasj Oxley

Journal article

Focal stimulation of the sheep motor cortex with a chronically implanted minimally invasive electrode array mounted on an endovascular stent

Nicholas L Opie, Sam E John, Gil S Rind, Stephen M Ronayne, Yan T Wong, Giulia Gerboni, Peter E Yoo, Timothyj H Lovell, Theodore CM Scordas, Stefan L Wilson, Anthony Dornom, Thomas Vale, Terence J O'brien, David B Grayden, Clive N May, Thomasj Oxley

Nature Biomedical Engineering | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1038/s41551-018-0321-z

University of Melbourne Researchers

Nicholas Opie Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Thomas Oxley Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Sam John Author Biomedical Engineering

Clive May Author Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Stephen Ronayne Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

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Grants

Awarded by US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office

Awarded by Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC)

Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the following grants: US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Microsystems Technology Office contract N66001-12-1-4045; Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global N62909-14-1-N020; National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) Project Grant APP1062532. N.L.O. acknowledges the support of Westpac for the Bicentennial Research Fellowship.