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J Neurophysiol (April 22, 2009). doi:10.1152/jn.00017.2009
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Submitted on January 6, 2009
Revised on March 18, 2009
Accepted on April 14, 2009

Wireless Neural Stimulation in Freely Behaving Small Animals

Scott K Arfin1, Michael A Long1, Michale S Fee1, and Rahul Sarpeshkar1*

1 MIT

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rahuls{at}mit.edu.

We introduce a novel wireless, low-power neural stimulation system for use in freely behaving animals. The system consists of an external transmitter and a miniature, implantable wireless receiver-and-stimulator. The implant uses a custom integrated chip to deliver biphasic current pulses to 4 addressable bipolar electrodes at 32 selectable current levels (10{upsilon}A to 1mA). To achieve maximal battery life, the chip enters a sleep mode when not needed and can be woken up remotely when required. To test our device, we implanted bipolar stimulating electrodes into the songbird motor nucleus HVC (formerly called the high vocal center) of zebra finches. Single-neuron recordings revealed that wireless stimulation of HVC led to a strong increase of spiking activity in its downstream target, the robust nucleus of the arcopallium (RA). When we used this device to deliver biphasic pulses of current randomly during singing, singing activity was prematurely terminated in all birds tested. Thus, our device is highly effective for remotely modulating a neural circuit and its corresponding behavior in an untethered, freely behaving animal.







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