Wireless Devices for Optical Brain Stimulation: A Review of Current Developments for Optogenetic Applications in Freely Moving Mice.

IF 2.3 4区医学 Q3 BIOPHYSICS

Cellular and molecular bioengineering Pub Date : 2024-11-22 eCollection Date: 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1007/s12195-024-00832-z

Patrícia Silva, Luis Jacinto

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Abstract

Purpose: Optogenetics is an invaluable tool to study brain circuits, but typical systems rely on tethered approaches to deliver light to the brain that hinder natural behavior. With the increasing prevalence of complex behavioral phenotyping in neuroscience experiments, wireless devices for optical stimulation offer great promise to overcome these limitations.

Methods: In this work we critically review recent systems engineering and device design approaches to deliver light to the brain with wireless operation for optogenetic experiments.

Results: We describe strategies used for wireless control and communication, wireless power transfer, and light delivery to the brain with a focus on device integration for in vivo operation in freely behaving mice.

Conclusion: Recent advances in optoelectronic systems, material science, and microtechnology have enabled the design and realization of miniaturized wirelessly-controlled optical stimulators for true untethered experiments in rodent models.

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Cellular and molecular bioengineering 生物-生物物理

CiteScore

5.60

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3.60%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The field of cellular and molecular bioengineering seeks to understand, so that we may ultimately control, the mechanical, chemical, and electrical processes of the cell. A key challenge in improving human health is to understand how cellular behavior arises from molecular-level interactions. CMBE, an official journal of the Biomedical Engineering Society, publishes original research and review papers in the following seven general areas: Molecular: DNA-protein/RNA-protein interactions, protein folding and function, protein-protein and receptor-ligand interactions, lipids, polysaccharides, molecular motors, and the biophysics of macromolecules that function as therapeutics or engineered matrices, for example. Cellular: Studies of how cells sense physicochemical events surrounding and within cells, and how cells transduce these events into biological responses. Specific cell processes of interest include cell growth, differentiation, migration, signal transduction, protein secretion and transport, gene expression and regulation, and cell-matrix interactions. Mechanobiology: The mechanical properties of cells and biomolecules, cellular/molecular force generation and adhesion, the response of cells to their mechanical microenvironment, and mechanotransduction in response to various physical forces such as fluid shear stress. Nanomedicine: The engineering of nanoparticles for advanced drug delivery and molecular imaging applications, with particular focus on the interaction of such particles with living cells. Also, the application of nanostructured materials to control the behavior of cells and biomolecules.