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MIT's Implantable Polymer Fibers Could Revolutionize Neural Prosthetics

2015-01-29 14:22:51| fiberopticsonline Home Page

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed new polymer fibers that are capable of transmitting multiple brain signals simultaneously, delivering drugs, and wirelessly recording brain functions. The new technology improves on many of the drawbacks encountered in traditional neural prosthetic devices.

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Bat brains and neural donuts: Do all animals have an internal 3D GPS?

2014-12-05 20:15:42| Extremetech

There's a GPS in your brain! Your neurons are 3D compasses! Researchers from the Weizmann Institute in Israel have recently published some new findings regarding how brains encode head direction in three dimensions. We take a critical look at new findings from the Weizmann institute about how bats, or any creature, actually find there way in the world.

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Suspect gene corrupts neural connections

2014-08-24 05:12:22| Biotech - Topix.net

Researchers have long suspected that major mental disorders are genetically-rooted diseases of synapses - the connections between neurons.

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DARPA selects Lawrence Livermore to develop world's first neural device to restore memory

2014-07-10 04:51:38| Biotech - Topix.net

The Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory up to $2.5 million to develop an implantable neural device with the ability to record and stimulate neurons within the brain to help restore memory, DARPA officials announced this week.

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