Stretchable multichannel antennas in soft wireless optoelectronic implants for optogenetics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016 Dec 13;113(50):E8169-E8177
Date
12/03/2016Pubmed ID
27911798Pubmed Central ID
PMC5167187DOI
10.1073/pnas.1611769113Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85006042924 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 117 CitationsAbstract
Optogenetic methods to modulate cells and signaling pathways via targeted expression and activation of light-sensitive proteins have greatly accelerated the process of mapping complex neural circuits and defining their roles in physiological and pathological contexts. Recently demonstrated technologies based on injectable, microscale inorganic light-emitting diodes (μ-ILEDs) with wireless control and power delivery strategies offer important functionality in such experiments, by eliminating the external tethers associated with traditional fiber optic approaches. Existing wireless μ-ILED embodiments allow, however, illumination only at a single targeted region of the brain with a single optical wavelength and over spatial ranges of operation that are constrained by the radio frequency power transmission hardware. Here we report stretchable, multiresonance antennas and battery-free schemes for multichannel wireless operation of independently addressable, multicolor μ-ILEDs with fully implantable, miniaturized platforms. This advance, as demonstrated through in vitro and in vivo studies using thin, mechanically soft systems that separately control as many as three different μ-ILEDs, relies on specially designed stretchable antennas in which parallel capacitive coupling circuits yield several independent, well-separated operating frequencies, as verified through experimental and modeling results. When used in combination with active motion-tracking antenna arrays, these devices enable multichannel optogenetic research on complex behavioral responses in groups of animals over large areas at low levels of radio frequency power (<1 W). Studies of the regions of the brain that are involved in sleep arousal (locus coeruleus) and preference/aversion (nucleus accumbens) demonstrate the unique capabilities of these technologies.
Author List
Park SI, Shin G, McCall JG, Al-Hasani R, Norris A, Xia L, Brenner DS, Noh KN, Bang SY, Bhatti DL, Jang KI, Kang SK, Mickle AD, Dussor G, Price TJ, Gereau RW 4th, Bruchas MR, Rogers JAAuthor
Aaron David Mickle PhD Associate Professor in the Physiology department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Adrenergic NeuronsAnimals
Arousal
Behavior, Animal
Deep Brain Stimulation
Electromagnetic Phenomena
Equipment Design
Locus Coeruleus
Male
Mice
Models, Theoretical
Optogenetics
Prostheses and Implants
Reward
Wireless Technology
