Mechanically-compliant intracortical implants reduce the neuroinflammatory response
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neural Engineering
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1741-2560,1741-2552
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/11/5/056014