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Christian T. Wentz
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 18
Citations - 711
Christian T. Wentz is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Voltage & Battery charger. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 18 publications receiving 679 citations. Previous affiliations of Christian T. Wentz include McGovern Institute for Brain Research & Picower Institute for Learning and Memory.
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A wirelessly powered and controlled device for optical neural control of freely-behaving animals
Christian T. Wentz,Christian T. Wentz,Jacob Bernstein,Jacob Bernstein,Patrick E. Monahan,Patrick E. Monahan,Alexander Guerra,Alexander Guerra,Alexander V. Rodriguez,Alexander V. Rodriguez,Edward S. Boyden +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a headborne device was developed that can wirelessly receive power using a resonant RF power link and storing the energy in an adaptive supercapacitor circuit, which can algorithmically control one or more headborne LEDs via a microcontroller.
A wirelessly powered and controlled device for optical neural control of freely-behaving animals
Christian T. Wentz,Christian T. Wentz,Jacob Bernstein,Jacob Bernstein,Patrick E. Monahan,Patrick E. Monahan,Alexander Guerra,Alexander Guerra,Alexander V. Rodriguez,Alexander V. Rodriguez,Edward S. Boyden +10 more
TL;DR: A headborne device capable of wirelessly receiving power using a resonant RF power link and storing the energy in an adaptive supercapacitor circuit, which can algorithmically control one or more headborne LEDs via a microcontroller is developed.
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An Area and Power-Efficient Analog Li-Ion Battery Charger Circuit
TL;DR: This design represents the most area-efficient and most energy-efficient battery charger circuit reported in the literature and shows theoretically and experimentally that the low-frequency pole-zero nature of most battery impedances leads to inherent stability of the analog control loop.
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Caffeine alters proliferation of neuronal precursors in the adult hippocampus.
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that physiologically relevant doses of caffeine can significantly depress adult hippocampal neurogenesis and neurons induced in response to supraphysiological levels of caffeine have a lower survival rate than control cells.
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Methods and Apparatus for High-Throughput Neural Screening
Edward S. Boyden,Jacob Bernstein,Christian T. Wentz,Giovanni Talei Franzesi,Michael V. Baratta,Brian D. Allen,Anthony Zorzos,Jorg Scholvin,Clifton G. Fonstad +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, an array of optical fibers (or array of waveguides) is inserted into the brain and each fiber or waveguide in the array is coupled to a light source (LED or laser).