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A Wireless, Bidirectional Interface for In Vivo Recording and Stimulation of Neural Activity in Freely Behaving Rats
Published on: November 7, 2017
A wireless, 60-channel, AI-enabled neurostimulation platform
Daniel S Rizzuto1, Haydn G Herrema1, Zhe Hu1
1Nia Therapeutics, Inc., Allston, 02134, MA, USA.
Objective:
Closed-loop neuromodulatory therapies require devices that can decode ongoing brain states and deliver multi-site stimulation.
Methods:
We describe the Smart Neurostimulation System (SNS), a cranially mounted implant with 60 configurable recording/stimulation channels, inductive power, and onboard spectral-feature classification. In three freely-moving sheep, we streamed local-field potentials and conducted two parameter-sweep experiments.
Results:
Cross-validated movement classifiers achieved an average AUC exceeding 0.95. Increasing stimulation amplitude and frequency produced post-stimulation elevations in α-band (8-12 Hz) and γ-band (78-82 Hz) power at most target locations.
Conclusion:
The SNS unifies high-density sensing, real-time brain state decoding, and programmable closed-loop stimulation in a single device, demonstrating behavioral-state prediction and parameter-dependent neuromodulation in vivo.
Significance:
These findings establish a preclinical foundation for biomarker-guided stimulation targeting distributed cortical networks underlying memory and cognition.
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