2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Research on a nerve electrode which can fuse with neural tissues

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25560232
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Biomedical engineering/Biomaterial science and engineering
Research Institution	National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Principal Investigator	Suzuki Takafumi 国立研究開発法人情報通信研究機構, 脳情報通信融合研究センター脳情報通信融合研究室, 主任研究員 (50302659)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Keywords	神経電極
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In order to realize clinical application of Brain-Machine interface and tools for brain science, it is necessary to develop a neural probe which is safe and enables long-term stable recording. In this research, we integrated a flexible neural probe with micro structures on the surface of electrodes to achieve stable interface between electrode and neural tissue using gold plating.
Free Research Field	神経工学