Surgical Training for the Implantation of Neocortical Microelectrode Arrays Using a Formaldehyde-fixed Human Cadaver ModelPierre Mégevand 1,2, Alain Woodtli 1, Aude Yulzari 1, G. Rees Cosgrove 3, Shahan Momjian 4, Bojan V. Stimec 5, Marco V. Corniola 4, Jean H. D. Fasel 5
1Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering, Geneva, 2Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Geneva University Hospitals, 3Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 4Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Geneva University Hospitals, 5Clinical Anatomy Research Group, Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva
We designed a procedure in which a formaldehyde-fixed human cadaver is used to assist neurosurgeons in training for the implantation of microelectrode arrays into the neocortex of the human brain.