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Comparative Performance of Linear Multielectrode Probes and Single-Tip Electrodes for Intracortical Microstimulation and Single-Neuron Recording in Macaque Monkey
Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) is one of the most widely employed techniques for providing causal evidence of the relationship between neuronal activity and specific motor, perceptual, or even cognitive functions. In recent years, several new types of linear multielectrode silicon probes have...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5694771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29187815 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2017.00084 |
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author | Ferroni, Carolina G. Maranesi, Monica Livi, Alessandro Lanzilotto, Marco Bonini, Luca |
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description | Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) is one of the most widely employed techniques for providing causal evidence of the relationship between neuronal activity and specific motor, perceptual, or even cognitive functions. In recent years, several new types of linear multielectrode silicon probes have been developed, allowing researchers to sample neuronal activity at different depths along the same cortical site simultaneously and with high spatial precision. Nevertheless, silicon multielectrode probes have been rarely employed for ICMS studies and, more importantly, it is unknown whether and to what extent they can be used for combined recording and stimulation experiments. Here, we addressed these issues during both acute and chronic conditions. First, we compared the behavioral outcomes of ICMS delivered to the hand region of a monkey's motor cortex with multielectrode silicon probes, commercially available multisite stainless-steel probes and single-tip glass-coated tungsten microelectrodes. The results for all three of the probes were reliable and similar. Furthermore, we tested the impact of long-train ICMS delivered through chronically implanted silicon probes at different time intervals, from 1 to 198 days after ICMS sessions, showing that although the number of recorded neurons decreased over time, in line with previous studies, ICMS did not alter silicon probes' recording capabilities. These findings indicate that in ICMS experiments, the performance of linear multielectrode silicon probes is comparable to that of both single-tip and multielectrode stainless-steel probes, suggesting that the silicon probes can be successfully used for combined recording and stimulation studies in chronic conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-56947712017-11-29 Comparative Performance of Linear Multielectrode Probes and Single-Tip Electrodes for Intracortical Microstimulation and Single-Neuron Recording in Macaque Monkey Ferroni, Carolina G. Maranesi, Monica Livi, Alessandro Lanzilotto, Marco Bonini, Luca Front Syst Neurosci Neuroscience Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) is one of the most widely employed techniques for providing causal evidence of the relationship between neuronal activity and specific motor, perceptual, or even cognitive functions. In recent years, several new types of linear multielectrode silicon probes have been developed, allowing researchers to sample neuronal activity at different depths along the same cortical site simultaneously and with high spatial precision. Nevertheless, silicon multielectrode probes have been rarely employed for ICMS studies and, more importantly, it is unknown whether and to what extent they can be used for combined recording and stimulation experiments. Here, we addressed these issues during both acute and chronic conditions. First, we compared the behavioral outcomes of ICMS delivered to the hand region of a monkey's motor cortex with multielectrode silicon probes, commercially available multisite stainless-steel probes and single-tip glass-coated tungsten microelectrodes. The results for all three of the probes were reliable and similar. Furthermore, we tested the impact of long-train ICMS delivered through chronically implanted silicon probes at different time intervals, from 1 to 198 days after ICMS sessions, showing that although the number of recorded neurons decreased over time, in line with previous studies, ICMS did not alter silicon probes' recording capabilities. These findings indicate that in ICMS experiments, the performance of linear multielectrode silicon probes is comparable to that of both single-tip and multielectrode stainless-steel probes, suggesting that the silicon probes can be successfully used for combined recording and stimulation studies in chronic conditions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5694771/ /pubmed/29187815 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2017.00084 Text en Copyright © 2017 Ferroni, Maranesi, Livi, Lanzilotto and Bonini. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Ferroni, Carolina G. Maranesi, Monica Livi, Alessandro Lanzilotto, Marco Bonini, Luca Comparative Performance of Linear Multielectrode Probes and Single-Tip Electrodes for Intracortical Microstimulation and Single-Neuron Recording in Macaque Monkey |
title | Comparative Performance of Linear Multielectrode Probes and Single-Tip Electrodes for Intracortical Microstimulation and Single-Neuron Recording in Macaque Monkey |
title_full | Comparative Performance of Linear Multielectrode Probes and Single-Tip Electrodes for Intracortical Microstimulation and Single-Neuron Recording in Macaque Monkey |
title_fullStr | Comparative Performance of Linear Multielectrode Probes and Single-Tip Electrodes for Intracortical Microstimulation and Single-Neuron Recording in Macaque Monkey |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparative Performance of Linear Multielectrode Probes and Single-Tip Electrodes for Intracortical Microstimulation and Single-Neuron Recording in Macaque Monkey |
title_short | Comparative Performance of Linear Multielectrode Probes and Single-Tip Electrodes for Intracortical Microstimulation and Single-Neuron Recording in Macaque Monkey |
title_sort | comparative performance of linear multielectrode probes and single-tip electrodes for intracortical microstimulation and single-neuron recording in macaque monkey |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5694771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29187815 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2017.00084 |
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