Platinized graphene fiber electrodes uncover direct spleen-vagus communication

Maria A. Gonzalez-Gonzalez; Geetanjali S. Bendale; Kezhong Wang; Gordon G. Wallace; Mario Romero-Ortega

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02628-7

Communications Biology (Sep 2021)

Platinized graphene fiber electrodes uncover direct spleen-vagus communication

Maria A. Gonzalez-Gonzalez,
Geetanjali S. Bendale,
Kezhong Wang,
Gordon G. Wallace,
Mario Romero-Ortega

Affiliations

Maria A. Gonzalez-Gonzalez: Biomedical Engineering and Biomedical Sciences, University of Houston
Geetanjali S. Bendale: Biomedical Engineering and Biomedical Sciences, University of Houston
Kezhong Wang: Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong
Gordon G. Wallace: Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong
Mario Romero-Ortega: Biomedical Engineering and Biomedical Sciences, University of Houston

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02628-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Gonzalez-Gonzalez et al. use high-performance platinized graphene fiber electrodes to interface individual neurovascular plexus that innervate the spleen. Their approach provides evidence for distinct function of individual spleen terminal branches in organ function.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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