Protocol to fabricate a self-adhesive and long-term stable hydrogel for sleep EEG recording.

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Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. Electronic address:

Published: June 2024

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  • Long-term EEG monitoring is essential for neuroengineering but faces challenges with current hardware limitations.
  • This text presents a new protocol that uses a stable and reagent-free hydrogel to improve EEG recordings, including steps for making the hydrogel and testing its properties.
  • It also provides guidelines for setting up EEG recording and analyzing the data, making it useful for experiments involving this hydrogel and other innovative materials.

Article Abstract

Long-term continuous electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring is crucial for neuroengineering but suffers from hardware limitations. Here, we present a protocol for EEG recording using a long-term stable and reagent-free-cross-linked hydrogel with configurable mechanical and adhesive properties. We describe steps for fabricating the hydrogel and performing material characterizations and stability tests. We detail procedures for setting up the EEG recording configuration and data analysis. This protocol can facilitate EEG recording experiments with the hydrogel, as well as other novel materials and devices. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Hsieh et al..

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