Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 53, Issue -, Pages 173-183Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.02.021
Keywords
Neural recording; Neural prosthesis; Electrode; Biocompatibility; Electrophysiology; Electrical stimulation
Funding
- French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) through the project MEDINAS [ANR07TECSAN014]
- INSERM
- UPMC (Paris VI)
- Fondation Ophtalmologique A. de Rothschild (Paris)
- Federation des Aveugles de France
- IRRP
- city of Paris
- Regional Council of Ile-de-France
- NEUROCARE project from the European Community [280433]
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The electrode material is a key element in the design of long-term neural implants and neuroprostheses. To date, the ideal electrode material offering high longevity, biocompatibility, low-noise recording and high stimulation capabilities remains to be found. We show that 3D-nanostructured boron doped diamond (BDD), an innovative material consisting in a chemically stable material with a high aspect ratio structure obtained by encapsulation of a carbon nanotube template within two BDD nanolayers, allows neural cell attachment, survival and neurite extension. Further, we developed arrays of 20-mu m-diameter 3D-nanostructured BDD microelectrodes for neural interfacing. These microelectrodes exhibited low impedances and low intrinsic recording noise levels. In particular, they allowed the detection of low amplitude (10-20 mu V) local-field potentials, single units and multiunit bursts neural activity in both acute whole embryonic hindbrain-spinal cord preparations and long-term hippocampal cell cultures. Also, cyclic voltammetry measurements showed a wide potential window of about 3 V and a charge storage capacity of 10 mC.cm(-2), showing high potentiality of this material for neural stimulation. These results demonstrate the attractiveness of 3D-nanostructured BDD as a novel material for neural interfacing, with potential applications for the design of biocompatible neural implants for the exploration and rehabilitation of the nervous system. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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