Assessment of the Complex Refractive Indices of Xenopus Laevis Sciatic Nerve for the Optimization of Optical (NIR) Neurostimulation
- Submitting institution
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City, University of London
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 454
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1109/TNSRE.2018.2878107
- Title of journal
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
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- First page
- 2306
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 12
- ISSN
- 1534-4320
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Neurostimulation is increasingly being established as a reduced side-effect therapeutic intervention, especially when electrical and optical stimuli are combined. While there is an increasing interest in the latter for both activation and blocking neural activity, little information exists regarding neural tissue optical parameters with wavelengths being selected mostly empirically. This is the first paper to report on the optimal optical parameters to be used in specific stimulation strategies, allowing more targeted therapeutic applications. It can potentially form the design basis for future optical neurostimulation, thus leading the field in its transition to a more systematic and eventually mainstream clinical approach
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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