• 文献标题:   Ultrasensitive Graphene Optoelectronic Probes for Recording Electrical Activities of Individual Synapses
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WANG R, SHI MJ, BREWER B, YANG LJ, ZHANG YC, WEBB DJ, LI DY, XU YQ
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, photocurrent, transistor, synapse, hippocampal neuron
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Vanderbilt Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02298
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

The complex neuronal circuitry connected by submicron synapses in our brain calls for technologies that can map neural networks with ultrahigh spatiotemporal resolution to decipher the underlying mechanisms for multiple aspects of neuroscience. Here we show that, through combining graphene transistor arrays with scanning photocurrent microscopy, we can detect the electrical activities of individual synapses of primary hippocampal neurons. Through measuring the local conductance change of graphene optoelectronic probes directly underneath neuronal processes, we are able to estimate millivolt extracellular potential variations of individual synapses during depolarization. The ultrafast nature of graphene photocurrent response allows for decoding of activity patterns of individual synapses with a sub-millisecond temporal resolution. This new neurotechnology provides promising potentials for recording of electrophysiological outcomes of individual synapses in neural networks.