Published February 15, 2025 | Version v1 | https://doi.org/10.12794/metadc1157638

Simultaneous Electrophysiological and Morphological Assessment of Impact Damage to Nerve Cell Networks

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A ballistic pendulum impulse generator was used to impact networks in primary culture growing on microelectrode arrays. This approach has the advantage of imparting pure tangential acceleration insults (50 to 300 g) with simultaneous morphological and electrophysiological multichannel monitoring for days before and after the impact. Action potential (AP) production, network activity patterns, and cell electrode coupling of individual units using AP waveshape templates were quantified. Network adhesion was maintained after tangential impacts up to 300g with minimal loss of pre-selected active units. Time lapse phase contrast microscopy revealed stable nuclei pre-impact, but post impact nuclear rotation in 95% of observations (n= 30). All recording experiments (n=31) showed a repeatable two-phase spike production response profile: recovery to near reference in 1-2 hrs, followed by a slow activity decay to a stable, level plateau approximately 30-40% below reference. Phase 1 consisted of a complex two-step recovery: rapid activity increase to an average 23.6% (range: 11-34%) below reference, forming a level plateau lasting from 5 to 20 min, followed by a climb to within 20% of reference where a second plateau was established for 1 to 2 hrs. Cross correlation profiles showed changes in firing hierarchy after impact, and in spontaneous network oscillatory activity. Native oscillations were found in the Delta band (2 to 3 Hz), and decreased by approximately 20% after impact. Under network disinhibition with bicuculline, oscillations were slower (0.8-1Hz) and decreased 40% after impact. These data link network performance deficits with microscopically observable subcellular changes.

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