Fontaine, A. K., Futia, G. L., Rajendran, P. S., Littich, S. F., Mizoguchi, N., Shivkumar, K., Ardell, J. L., Restrepo, D., Caldwell, J. H., Gibson, E. A. & Weir, R. F. Optical vagus nerve modulation of heart and respiration via heart ‑ injected retrograde AAV. Sci. Rep. 1–12 (2021). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-83280-3
Fontaine, A. K., Ramirez, D. G., Littich, S. F., Piscopio, R. A., Kravets, V., Schleicher, W. E., Mizoguchi, N., Caldwell, J. H., Weir, R. F. & Benninger, R. K. P. Optogenetic stimulation of cholinergic fibers for the modulation of insulin and glycemia. Sci. Rep. 1–9 (2021). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-83361-3
Fontaine, A. K., Gibson, E. A., Caldwell, J. H. & Weir, R. F. Optical Read-out of Neural Activity in Mammalian Peripheral Axons: Calcium Signaling at Nodes of Ranvier. Sci. Rep. 7:4744, (2017). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03541-y
Anderson, H. E., Fontaine, A. K., Caldwell, J. H. & Weir, R. F. Imaging of electrical activity in small diameter fibers of the murine peripheral nerve with GCaMP6f. Sci. Rep. 2–10 (2017). doi:10.1038/s41598-018-21528-1
Fontaine, A. K., Anderson, H. E., Caldwell, J. H. & Weir, R. F. Optical read-out and modulation of peripheral nerve activity. Neural Regen. Res. 13, 58 (2018). doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.224364
Weir, R.F.ff. (2008). Prostheses: Human Limbs and Their Artificial Replacements. In The Engineering Handbook of Smart Technology for Aging, Disability, and Independence (eds A.(. Helal, M. Mokhtari and B. Abdulrazak). doi:10.1002/9780470379424.ch22
Weir, R.F.ff. and Sensinger, J.A., (2009): The Design of Artificial Arms and Hands for Prosthetic Applications. Chapter 20, in Biomedical Engineering & Design Handbook, Volumes I and II, Myer Kutz (Editor), McGraw-Hill, pp. 537-598.
Weir, R.F.ff. (2012): The Design of Advanced Prosthetic Limb Systems. Chapter 1, Grasping the Future: Advances in Powered Upper Limb Prosthetics, V. Parenti-Castelli & M. Troncossi (Eds.) Bentham Science Publishers – Open Access e-book (http://www.benthamscience.com/ebooks/9781608054398/index.htm). 1st Edition, pp1-14.
Kethman, W. Weir, R.F.ff. (2021): Human-Machine Integration and the Evolution of Neuroprostheses. Chapter in “Digital Surgery”, Sam Atallah, Ed., Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021, pp.275-284. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49100-0
R. F. ff. Weir (2017): Extrapolation of Emerging Technologies and Their Long-Term Implications for Myoelectric versus Body-Powered Prostheses: An Engineering Perspective, JPO: Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics. 29(4S) Supplement 1 4S, P63-P74, October 2017. http://journals.lww.com/jpojournal/toc/2017/10001
Farina, D., Vujaklija, I., Brånemark, R., Bull , A. M. J., Dietl , H., Graimann, B., Hargrove, L., Hoffmann, K., Huang, H., Ingvarsson, T., Janusson, H. B., Kristjánsson, K., Kuiken, T., Micera, S., Stieglitz, T., Sturma, A., Tyler, D., Weir, R.F.ff., and Aszmann , O. C., (2021): Toward higher-performance bionic limbs for wider clinical use. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 31 May 2021, DOI: 10.1038/s41551-021-00732-x. URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-021-00732-x
Anderson, H. E., and Weir, R. F. ff., (2019): On the development of optical peripheral nerve interfaces. Neural Regeneration Research, 14(3)425-436, March 2019. doi:10.4103/1673-5374.245461
Anderson, H. E., Schaller, K.L., Caldwell, J.H., Weir, R. F. ff., (2019): Intravascular injections of adenoassociated viral vector serotypes rh10 and PHP.B transduce murine sciatic nerve axons. Neuroscience Letters 2019 Jul 27;706:51-55. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.05.010. Epub 2019 May 9.PMID: 31078676.
Anderson, H. E., and Weir, R. F. ff., (2021): The future of adenoassociated viral vectors for optogenetic peripheral nerve interfaces. Neural Regen Res. 2021 Jul;16(7):1446-1447. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.301017. PubMed PMID: 33318448
Fontaine, A., Caldwell, J., Gibson, E., Weir, R. F. ff., (2015): Toward an Optogenetic Peripheral Nerve Interface for Control of Advanced Prosthesis. Keystone Symposia Conference, C5: Optogenetics, March 12 - March 16, 2015, Westin Downtown Denver, Denver, Colorado.
Weir, R. F. ff., Caldwell, J., Fontaine, A., Anderson H., (2016): Optogenetics as a Means of Achieving a Non-Invasive Peripheral Nerve Interface with Neuron Level Specificity. Proceedings from the First International Symposium on Innovations in Amputation Surgery and Prosthetic Technologies, Chicago, IL, May 12-13, 2016, pp. 24-25.
Futia, G.L., Fontaine, A.K., McCullough, C., Ozbay, B.N., George, N.M., Caldwell, J.H., Restrepo, D., Weir, R. F. ff., Gibson, E.A., (2018): Measurement of wavefront aberrations in cortex and peripheral nerve using a two-photon excitation guidestar, Proc. SPIE 10502, Adaptive Optics and Wavefront Control for Biological Systems IV, 105020J (23 February 2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2309492.
Futia, G.L., Fontaine, A.K., Littich, S., McCullough, C., Restrepo, D., Weir, R. F. ff., Caldwell, J.H., Gibson, E.A., (2019): In vivo holographic photo-stimulation and two photon GCaMP6 imaging of vagus nerve axons using a GRIN lens integrated nerve cuff. Proc. SPIE 10866, Optogenetics and Optical Manipulation 2019, 108660K (22 February 2019); SPIE BiOS, 2019, San Francisco, California. doi: 10.1117/12.2521830
Littich, S. A., Fontaine, A. K., Futia, G. L., Arevalo, N. L., Caldwell, J. H., Gibson, E. A., Restrepo, D., & Weir, R. F .ff., (2019): Next generation neural interfaces for biophotonic medicine. Poster presented at; 41st Annual Conference for the Association of the Chemoreception Sciences; 2019 April 14-17; Bonita Springs, FL.
Weir, R. F. ff., (2019): Myoelectric to Optogenetic Neural Interfaces for Advanced Prosthesis Control. Invited talk at the Peripheral Neuroprosthetics and Rehabilitation. 9th International IEEE EMBS Conference On Neural Engineering (NER’19) to be held at the Hilton Union Square Hotel, San Francisco, CA - USA from 20-23 March 2019.
Fontaine, A. K., Segil, J., Caldwell, J., Weir, R. F .ff., (2019): Real-Time Prosthetic Digit Actuation by Optical Read-out of Activity-Dependent Calcium Signals in an Ex Vivo Peripheral Nerve. 9th International IEEE EMBS Conference On Neural Engineering (NER’19), Hilton Union Square Hotel, San Francisco, CA – USA, 20-23 March 2019, , pp. 143–146.
Weir, R. F .ff., Fontaine, A. K., Segil, J., Caldwell, J. (2019): Real-Time Prosthetic Digit Actuation by Optical Read-out of Activity-Dependent Calcium Signals in an Ex Vivo Peripheral Nerve, Proceedings from the Second International Symposium on Innovations in Amputation Surgery and Prosthetic Technologies, Vienna, Austria, May 12-13, 2019.
Weir, R. F .ff., Fontaine, A.K., , Segil, J.L., Caldwell J., “Demonstration of an Optogenetic Neuronal Control Interface”, in the MEC Symposium Conference, July 2020
Fontaine, A.K., Weir, R. F .ff., Gibson, E.A. (2015, October). Deep-Tissue Two-Photon Imaging in Brain and Peripheral Nerve with a Compact High-Pulse Energy (Ytterbium) Fiber Laser. Colorado Photonics Industry Association Symposium, Boulder, CO.
Fontaine, A.K., Caldwell, J., Gibson, E., Weir, R. F. ff., (2015): Toward an Optogenetic Peripheral Nerve Interface for Control of Advanced Prosthesis. Keystone Symposia Conference, C5: Optogenetics, Poster Number: 1012, March 12 - March 16, 2015, Westin Downtown Denver, Denver, Colorado.
Fontaine, A.K., Futia, G. L., Littich, S., McCullough, C., Restrepo, D., Weir, R. F .ff., Caldwell, J., Gibson, E. (2019): In Vivo Holographic Photo-Stimulation and Two Photon GCaMP6 Imaging of Vagus Nerve Axons Using a GRIN Lens Integrated Nerve Cuff. Society for Neuroscience 2019, Chicago, IL, October 19-23.
Weir, R. F .ff., (2019): Myoelectric to Optogenetic Neural Interfaces for Advanced Prosthesis Control. Talk MS Modern Human Anatomy Program Seminar, Anschutz Medical Campus, October 24th, 2019.