PMID-782142[0] The reaction of the cerebral cortex to chronically implanted plastic needles.
- Three different classes of result:
- Type I is characterized by little or no gliosis and synapses within 1-5mu of the implant;
- type II contains a pronounced zone of reactive astrocytes;
- type III is typified by a zone of connective tissue near the implant surface
- One implant can evince all 3 different types!
- Already were thinking of neuroprosthetic devices.
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[0] Stensaas SS, Stensaas LJ, The reaction of the cerebral cortex to chronically implanted plastic needles.Acta Neuropathol 35:3, 187-203 (1976) |
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