Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
NEUROIMPLANTS AND THE GLIAL SCAR: WHAT MAKES THEBRAIN–COMPUTER LINK WORK?
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2025
Языканглийский
  • Aganov Albert Vartanovich, author
  • Egorchev Anton Aleksandrovich, author
  • Melnikova Anastasiya Aleksandrovna, author
  • Pavelev Mikhail Nikolaevich, author
  • Parpura Vladimir , author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Paveliev, M., Melnikova A., Egorchev A. A., Parpura V., Aganov A.V. “ Neuroimplants and the Glial Scar: What Makes the Brain–Computer Link Work?.” Journal of Neurochemistry 2025, 169, no. 9: e70203. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.70203
    Annotation Neuroimplants are likely major technological breakthroughs of the next decade with the potential for unprecedented social im-pact. In addition to attractive and miracle-looking possibilities, the major obstacle for the industry is complicated, unpredictable,and unfavorable side effects due to tissue damage, biocompatibility limitations, and foreign body response at the brain–implantinterface. Luckily, one major barrier preventing the connection of the neuroimplant to brain cells—the glial scar—has been stud-ied previously for its role in brain trauma. This review highlights pharmacological and tissue engineering avenues that could bereadily transferred from the brain trauma area to fast-growing neuroimplant engineering. The opportunities for chondroitinaseABC treatment, stem cells, and hydrogels for the prevention of glial scarring are emphasized. Alternatively, the glial scar mayalso be viewed not as an obstacle but as a possible regeneration-permissive component of the optimally working brain–neuro-implant interface. Feasible steps in that direction are discussed, including applications for chondroitin sulfate-binding peptides.Finally, the crucial role of new microscopy and data processing techniques for peri-implant glial scar monitoring is highlighted.To that end, we stress the importance of artificial intelligence, including artificial neuronal networks, for the analysis of cellmorphology at the brain–neuroimplant interface.
    Keywords brain injury, brain?computer interface, glial scar, microelectrode array, spinal cord injury, stem cells
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