Neurochip Based on Light-addressable Potentiometric Sensor

<正>A novel neurochip based on light addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) is designed.Using its light addressable characteristic.The problems of the limitations of restricted discrete active sites of current neurochips,such as microelectrode array and field effect transistor array can be settled easily.Based on the theoretical analysis of the interface between cells and LAPS,spontaneously discharges of hippocampal neurons induced by Mg~ 2+)-free media treatment were recorded by LAPS.The results demonstrate that this kind of neurochip has potential to monitor electrophysiology of cultured cells in a non-invasive way.

A novel neurochip based on light addressable potentiometric sensor （LAPS） is designed. Using its light addressable characteristic. The problems of the limitations of restricted discrete active sites of current neurochips, such as microelectrode array and field effect transistor array can be settled easily. Based on the theoretical analysis of the interface between cells and LAPS, spontaneously discharges of hippocampal neurons induced by Mg^2＋-free media treatment were recorded by LAPS. The results demonstrate that this kind of neurochip has potential to monitor electrophysiology of cultured cells in a non-invasive way.