The chronic challenge - new vistas on long-term multisite contacts to the central nervous system

• Main Author: Ulrich G. Hofmann (auth)
• Other Authors: Jurgen Kruger (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Hydrogel coating; Gliosis; Optical Coherence Tomography; foreign body reaction; indwelling implants; Multisite neuronal recording; immuno labeling; flexible microprobes; compliance match hypothesis
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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