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- Title
Current Review of Optical Neural Interfaces for Clinical Applications.
- Authors
Park, Younghoon; Park, Sung-Yun; Eom, Kyungsik
- Abstract
Neural interfaces, which enable the recording and stimulation of living neurons, have emerged as valuable tools in understanding the brain in health and disease, as well as serving as neural prostheses. While neural interfaces are typically based on electrical transduction, alternative energy modalities have been explored to create safe and effective approaches. Among these approaches, optical methods of linking neurons to the outside world have gained attention because light offers high spatial selectivity and decreased invasiveness. Here, we review the current state-of-art of optical neural interfaces and their clinical applications. Optical neural interfaces can be categorized into optical control and optical readout, each of which can be divided into intrinsic and extrinsic approaches. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each of these methods and offer a comparison of relative performance. Future directions, including their clinical opportunities, are discussed with regard to the optical properties of biological tissue.
- Subjects
BRAIN-computer interfaces; NEUROPROSTHESES; OPTICAL control; ALTERNATIVE fuels; BRAIN diseases
- Publication
Micromachines, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 8, p925
- ISSN
2072-666X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/mi12080925