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Peripheral Nerve Interface, Epineural Electrode

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Nerve cuff electrode

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Epineural electrodes are neural interface devices that are placed on or around peripheral nerves. They include one or more electrical contacts that can be used to stimulate or record action potentials from those nerves. These devices are not designed to penetrate through the perineurium and therefore tend to provide macroscale, rather than microscale, interfaces with the nerve. Because the perineurium remains intact and the electrode contacts are relatively large, the interface tends to be stable over time and less sensitive to micromotion and encapsulation than a microelectrode interface. The size and epineural nature of these electrodes often result in a lower degree of selectivity, both for stimulation and recording, than can be achieved via a penetrating microelectrode interface.

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Epineural electrodes are devices designed to be placed on or wrapped around peripheral nerves to provide an interface for electrical...

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Dr. Lee E. Fisher

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  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

    Ranu Jung

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Fisher, L.E. (2014). Peripheral Nerve Interface, Epineural Electrode. In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_210-1

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