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Microfluidic platforms for probing spontaneous functional recovery in hierarchically modular neuronal networks.

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Authors: Keita Watanabe1,2, Hideaki Yamamoto1,2,3, Takuma Sumi3,4, Hakuba Murota1,2, Hironobu Osaki5, Kenshiro Kawamoto5, Teppei Matsui5, Yoshito Masamizu5, Shigeo Sato1,2, Ayumi Hirano-Iwata1,2,3
ORCID iDs: Keita Watanabe, Hideaki Yamamoto, Takuma Sumi, Hakuba Murota, Hironobu Osaki, Kenshiro Kawamoto, Yoshito Masamizu, Shigeo Sato, Ayumi Hirano-Iwata
  1. Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC), Tohoku University,Sendai, Japan
  2. Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University,Sendai, Japan
  3. Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University,Sendai, Japan
  4. Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary,Calgary, Canada
  5. Graduate School of Brain Science, Doshisha University,Kyoto, Japan
Institutions: Tohoku University (Japan); University of Calgary (Canada); Doshisha University (Japan)
Journal: Communications engineering, volume 5, issue 1, article 150
Dates: received 31 July 2025; accepted 28 April 2026; published online 18 May 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1038/s44172-026-00686-5 · PMID 42151451 · PMCID PMC13478623 · OpenAlex W4410872861
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Preprint: doi:10.1101/2025.05.25.654991
Status: code on request
Methods: Statistics, Preprocessing, Connectivity, fMRI & imaging, Single-unit activity, calcium imaging
Keywords: Biomedical engineering, Biomaterials - cells, Lab-on-a-chip, Microfluidics, Neuroscience
Topic: Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Funding: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (24H02332, 24H02331, 24H02335, 24H02334); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22KK0177, 23K27496, 23K28179, 25KJ0590, 25H00447, 23H00251); Tohoku University | Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University (Research Institute of Electrical Communication) (Cooperative Research Project Program, WISE Program for AI Electronics); Tohoku University (WISE Program for AI Electronics); MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) (JPMJCR22N4)
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Watanabe, K., Yamamoto, H., Sumi, T., Murota, H., Osaki, H., Kawamoto, K., Matsui, T., Masamizu, Y., Sato, S., & Hirano-Iwata, A. (2026). Microfluidic platforms for probing spontaneous functional recovery in hierarchically modular neuronal networks. Communications engineering, 5(1), 150. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-026-00686-5

BibTeX

@article{watanabe2026microfluidic,
author = {Watanabe, Keita and Yamamoto, Hideaki and Sumi, Takuma and Murota, Hakuba and Osaki, Hironobu and Kawamoto, Kenshiro and Matsui, Teppei and Masamizu, Yoshito and Sato, Shigeo and Hirano-Iwata, Ayumi},
title = {{Microfluidic platforms for probing spontaneous functional recovery in hierarchically modular neuronal networks}},
journal = {Communications engineering},
year = {2026},
month = may,
volume = {5},
number = {1},
pages = {150},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
issn = {2731-3395},
doi = {10.1038/s44172-026-00686-5},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-026-00686-5},
pmid = {42151451},
pmcid = {PMC13478623}
}

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AU - Sumi, Takuma
AU - Murota, Hakuba
AU - Osaki, Hironobu
AU - Kawamoto, Kenshiro
AU - Matsui, Teppei
AU - Masamizu, Yoshito
AU - Sato, Shigeo
AU - Hirano-Iwata, Ayumi
TI - Microfluidic platforms for probing spontaneous functional recovery in hierarchically modular neuronal networks
T2 - Communications engineering
J2 - Commun Eng
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/05/18
VL - 5
IS - 1
SP - 150
SN - 2731-3395
PB - Nature Publishing Group
DO - 10.1038/s44172-026-00686-5
UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s44172-026-00686-5
LA - en
ER -

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