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2、ological symptoms.i21 To manipulate the activities of specific neurons or neural circuits in vivo using optogenetics, implantable optical waveguides are frequently used to deliver laser light into the virus-infected brain regions.”/ Primarily, these waveguides are silica optical fibers, with an aver

3、age Young,s modulus at least six orders of magnitudes larger than that of the neural tissues415-17 The elastic mismatch between the silica optical fibers and organisms may lead to the host tissue injuries, which subsequently induce neuronal death in the implant surroundings. To prevent this, stretch

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5、lations1.uluWang,ChengZhong,DingningKe,FengmingYefJieTu,LipingWang/andYiLu*Optogeneticshasbeenwidelyappliedasacell-specifictechniquewithhightemporalresolutionforthemodulationofneuralcircuitryinvivo,offeringpotentialnoveltreatmentsforneuropsychiatricdiseases.However,todate,themostwidelyusedoptogeneti

6、cswaveguidesremainsilicaopticalfibers,whichmayleadtoamismatchinthemechanicalpropertiesbetweentheimplantsandneuraltissues.Toresolvethisissue,alginate-polyacrylamidehydrogelopticalfiberscanbefabricatedinasimplifiedone-stepprocess,andtheyshowsignificantlyimprovedcharacteristicsfortheinvivoOptogeneticap

7、plications,includinglowlight-propagationlossandYoung,smodulus,andhighstretchability.AftertheexpressionofAAV-CaMKIIigqpdatoflow-modulusandhigh-stretchablealgi1eQ(amideSi(PAAm)hydrogelopticalfibersandinvestigc3T15(pplica-tioninvivo.ThoOlGinat。PAAmprecursor?andcross-linkedinasimplifiedone-stepprocess,w

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