Electronic stealth neurons offer enhanced brain studies and treatments | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Electronic stealth neurons offer enhanced brain studies and treatments | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Electronic stealth neurons offer enhanced brain studies and treatments

Standard neural probes to record brain function are eventually seen as foreign and are degraded by attacks from the immune system. Now, researchers funded by NIBIB have designed neuron-like probes that can be implanted and remain viable for long-term use to study and treat the brain. Potential applications include treatments for neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. 

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