[HTML][HTML] Thermally drawn advanced functional fibers: New frontier of flexible electronics

W Yan, C Dong, Y Xiang, S Jiang, A Leber, G Loke… - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Electronic devices are evolving from rigid devices into flexible and stretchable structures,
enabling a seamless integration of electronics into our everyday lives. The integration of a …

Electronic neural interfaces

M Zhang, Z Tang, X Liu, J Van der Spiegel - Nature Electronics, 2020 - nature.com
Devices such as keyboards and touchscreens allow humans to communicate with
machines. Neural interfaces, which can provide a direct, electrical bridge between analogue …

[PDF][PDF] An ultra-sensitive step-function opsin for minimally invasive optogenetic stimulation in mice and macaques

X Gong, D Mendoza-Halliday, JT Ting, T Kaiser, X Sun… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Optogenetics is among the most widely employed techniques to manipulate neuronal
activity. However, a major drawback is the need for invasive implantation of optical fibers. To …

Recent progress of fiber shaped lighting devices for smart display applications—a fibertronic perspective

S Kwon, YH Hwang, M Nam, H Chae… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in material science and nanotechnology have fostered the miniaturization of
devices. Over the past two decades, the form‐factor of these devices has evolved from 3D …

A common hub for sleep and motor control in the substantia nigra

D Liu, W Li, C Ma, W Zheng, Y Yao, CF Tso, P Zhong… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The arousal state of the brain covaries with the motor state of the animal. How these state
changes are coordinated remains unclear. We discovered that sleep–wake brain states and …

[HTML][HTML] Artifact-free and high-temporal-resolution in vivo opto-electrophysiology with microLED optoelectrodes

K Kim, M Vöröslakos, JP Seymour, KD Wise… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The combination of in vivo extracellular recording and genetic-engineering-assisted optical
stimulation is a powerful tool for the study of neuronal circuits. Precise analysis of complex …

A VTA to basal amygdala dopamine projection contributes to signal salient somatosensory events during fear learning

W Tang, O Kochubey, M Kintscher… - Journal of …, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
The amygdala is a brain area critical for the formation of fear memories. However, the nature
of the teaching signal (s) that drive plasticity in the amygdala are still under debate. Here, we …

Multimaterial and multifunctional neural interfaces: from surface-type and implantable electrodes to fiber-based devices

C Sung, W Jeon, KS Nam, Y Kim, H Butt… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Neural interfaces have enabled significant advancements in neuroscience and paved the
way for clinical applications in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological …

[HTML][HTML] Grid cells are modulated by local head direction

K Gerlei, J Passlack, I Hawes, B Vandrey… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Grid and head direction codes represent cognitive spaces for navigation and memory. Pure
grid cells generate grid codes that have been assumed to be independent of head direction …

An easy-to-assemble, robust, and lightweight drive implant for chronic tetrode recordings in freely moving animals

J Voigts, JP Newman, MA Wilson… - Journal of neural …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Tetrode arrays are a standard method for neuronal recordings in behaving animals,
especially for chronic recordings of many neurons in freely-moving animals. Objective. We …