Electrode array comprising eight thin (4 × 10 μm) gold leads insulated with Parylene C, except for an area (10 × 10 μm) at the tip of the 100 μm long protrusions. (A) An electrode array before embedding into a gelatin based matrix. (B) The same electrode array after being embedded into a gelatin matrix shaped as a needle, and in (C), same electrode array inside a section of clarified brain tissue 3 weeks post implantation. Note that the conformation of the electrode array is well preserved inside the gelatin matrix as well as after implantation in the brain.
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