Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

A shape-memory and spiral light-emitting device for precise multisite stimulation of nerve bundles

  • Hao Zheng,
  • Zhitao Zhang,
  • Su Jiang,
  • Biao Yan,
  • Xiang Shi,
  • Yuanting Xie,
  • Xu Huang,
  • Zeyang Yu,
  • Huizhu Liu,
  • Shijun Weng,
  • Arto Nurmikko,
  • Yuqiu Zhang,
  • Huisheng Peng,
  • Wendong Xu,
  • Jiayi Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10418-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Optogenetic stimulation of damaged peripheral nerves has advantages over electrical stimulation but it’s limited to single-site stimulation. Here the authors develop a spiral-shaped LED implant for precise optogenetic stimulation of peripheral nerve bundles at multiple sites and use it to induce distinct limb movements in mice.