Magnetic-field-synchronized wireless modulation of neural activity by magnetoelectric nanoparticles

Autor: E. Zhang, M. Abdel-Mottaleb, P. Liang, B. Navarrete, Y. Akin Yildirim, M. Alberteris Campos, I.T. Smith, P. Wang, B. Yildirim, L. Yang, S. Chen, I. Smith, G. Lur, T. Nguyen, X. Jin, B.R. Noga, P. Ganzer, S. Khizroev
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Brain Stimulation, Vol 15, Iss 6, Pp 1451-1462 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1935-861X
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2022.10.004
Popis: The in vitro study demonstrates wirelessly controlled modulation of neural activity using magnetoelectric nanoparticles (MENPs), synchronized to magnetic field application with a sub-25-msec temporal response. Herein, MENPs are sub-30-nm CoFe2O4@BaTiO3 core-shell nanostructures. MENPs were added to E18 rat hippocampal cell cultures (0.5 μg of MENPs per 100,000 neurons) tagged with fluorescent Ca2+ sensitive indicator cal520. MENPs were shown to wirelessly induce calcium transients which were synchronized with application of 1200-Oe bipolar 25-msec magnetic pulses at a rate of 20 pulses/sec. The observed calcium transients were similar, in shape and magnitude, to those generated through the control electric field stimulation with a 50-μA current, and they were inhibited by the sodium channel blocker tetrodotoxin. The observed MENP-based magnetic excitation of neural activity is in agreement with the non-linear M − H hysteresis loop of the MENPs, wherein the MENPs’ coercivity value sets the threshold for the externally applied magnetic field.
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