Flexible Near-Field Wireless Optoelectronics as Subdermal Implants for Broad Applications in Optogenetics. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Invivo optogenetics provides unique, powerful capabilities in the dissection of neural circuits implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders. Conventional hardware for such studies, however, physically tethers the experimental animal to an external light source, limiting the range of possible experiments. Emerging wireless options offer important capabilities that avoid some of these limitations, but the current size, bulk, weight, and wireless area of coverage is often disadvantageous. Here, we present a simple but powerful setup based on wireless, near-field power transfer and miniaturized, thin, flexible optoelectronic implants, for complete optical control in a variety of behavioral paradigms. The devices combine subdermal magnetic coil antennas connected to microscale, injectable light-emitting diodes (LEDs), with the ability to operate at wavelengths ranging from UV to blue, green-yellow, and red. An external loop antenna allows robust, straightforward application in a multitude of behavioral apparatuses. The result is a readily mass-producible, user-friendly technology with broad potential for optogenetics applications.

published proceedings

  • Neuron

altmetric score

  • 47.05

author list (cited authors)

  • Shin, G., Gomez, A. M., Al-Hasani, R., Jeong, Y. R., Kim, J., Xie, Z., ... Rogers, J. A.

citation count

  • 261

complete list of authors

  • Shin, Gunchul||Gomez, Adrian M||Al-Hasani, Ream||Jeong, Yu Ra||Kim, Jeonghyun||Xie, Zhaoqian||Banks, Anthony||Lee, Seung Min||Han, Sang Youn||Yoo, Chul Jong||Lee, Jong-Lam||Lee, Seung Hee||Kurniawan, Jonas||Tureb, Jacob||Guo, Zhongzhu||Yoon, Jangyeol||Park, Sung-Il||Bang, Sang Yun||Nam, Yoonho||Walicki, Marie C||Samineni, Vijay K||Mickle, Aaron D||Lee, Kunhyuk||Heo, Seung Yun||McCall, Jordan G||Pan, Taisong||Wang, Liang||Feng, Xue||Kim, Tae-Il||Kim, Jong Kyu||Li, Yuhang||Huang, Yonggang||Gereau, Robert W||Ha, Jeong Sook||Bruchas, Michael R||Rogers, John A

publication date

  • January 2017

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