Michoud, F;
Sottas, L;
Browne, LE;
Asboth, L;
Latremoliere, A;
Sakuma, M;
Courtine, G;
... Lacour, SP; + view all
(2017)
Optical cuff for optogenetic control of the peripheral nervous system.
Journal of Neural Engineering
, 15
(1)
, Article 015002. 10.1088/1741-2552/aa9126.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Nerves in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) contain axons with specific motor, somatosensory and autonomic functions. Optogenetics offers an efficient approach to selectively activate axons within the nerve. However, the heterogeneous nature of nerves and their tortuous route through the body create a challenging environment to reliably implant a light delivery interface. APPROACH: Here, we propose an optical peripheral nerve interface – an optocuff -, so that optogenetic modulation of peripheral nerves become possible in freely behaving mice. MAIN RESULTS: Using this optocuff, we demonstrate orderly recruitment of motor units with epineural optical stimulation of genetically targeted sciatic nerve axons, both in anaesthetized and in awake, freely behaving animals. Behavioural experiments and histology show the optocuff does not damage the nerve thus is suitable for long-term experiments. SIGNIFICANCE: These results suggest that the soft optocuff might be a straightforward and efficient tool to support more extensive study of the PNS using optogenetics.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Optical cuff for optogenetic control of the peripheral nervous system |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1741-2552/aa9126 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/aa9126 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | As the Version of Record of this article is going to be/has been published on a gold open access basis under a CC BY 3.0 licence, this Accepted Manuscript is available for reuse under a CC BY 3.0 licence immediately. Although reasonable endeavours have been taken to obtain all necessary permissions from third parties to include their copyrighted content within this article, their full citation and copyright line may not be present in this Accepted Manuscript version. Before using any content from this article, please refer to the Version of Record on IOPscience once published for full citation and copyright details, as permission may be required. All third party content is fully copyright protected, and is not published on a gold open access basis under a CC BY licence, unless that is specifically stated in the figure caption in the Version of Record. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Wolfson Inst for Biomedical Research |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10024568 |
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