Electric field temporal interference stimulation of neurons in vitro †

ORCID
0000-0002-5707-564X
Zugehörigkeit
Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University 33520 Tampere Finland
Ahtiainen, Annika;
ORCID
0009-0008-0865-5948
Zugehörigkeit
Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Technische Universität Ilmenau 98693 Ilmenau Germany
Leydolph, Lilly;
ORCID
0000-0001-7183-318X
Zugehörigkeit
Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University 33520 Tampere Finland
Tanskanen, Jarno M. A.;
Zugehörigkeit
Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Technische Universität Ilmenau 98693 Ilmenau Germany
Hunold, Alexander;
GND
143795244
ORCID
0000-0003-3871-2890
Zugehörigkeit
Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, Technische Universität Ilmenau 98693 Ilmenau Germany
Haueisen, Jens;
ORCID
0000-0003-1850-3055
Zugehörigkeit
Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University 33520 Tampere Finland
Hyttinen, Jari A. K.

Electrical stimulation (ES) techniques, such as deep brain and transcranial electrical stimulation, have shown promise in alleviating the symptoms of depression and other neurological disorders in vivo . A new noninvasive ES method called temporal interference stimulation (TIS), possesses great potential as it can be used to steer the stimulation and possibly selectively modulate different brain regions. To study TIS in a controlled environment, we successfully established an in vitro ‘TIS on a chip’ setup using rat cortical neurons on microelectrode arrays (MEAs) in combination with a current stimulator. We validated the developed TIS system and demonstrated the spatial steerability of the stimulation by direct electric field measurements in the chip setup. We stimulated cultures of rat cortical neurons at 28 days in vitro (DIV) by two-channel stimulation delivering 1) TIS at 653 Hz and 643 Hz, resulting in a 10 Hz frequency envelope, 2) low-frequency stimulation (LFS) at 10 Hz and 3) high-frequency stimulation (HFS) at 653 Hz. Unstimulated cultures were used as control/sham. We observed the differences in the electric field strengths during TIS, HFS, and LFS. Moreover, HFS and LFS had the smallest effects on neuronal activity. Instead, TIS elicited neuronal electrophysiological responses, especially 24 hours after stimulation. Our ‘TIS on a chip’ approach eludicates the applicability of TIS as a method to modulate neuronal electrophysiological activity. The TIS on a chip approach provides spatially steerable stimuli while mitigating the effects of high stimulus fields near the stimulation electrodes. Thus, the approach opens new avenues for stimulation on a chip applications, allowing the study of neuronal responses to gain insights into the potential clinical applications of TIS in treating various brain disorders.

Introducing a setup for temporal interference electrical stimulation for neurons in vitro . Created with Biorender.com .

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