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linkedin post 2019-12-17 05:38:44

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RETINAL HACK. “Optogenetics is also being considered for a new generation of sensory devices, like retinal implants to help people who have lost their vision regain some degree of sight. Today, the Argus II, a retinal implant made by Second Sight, works by transforming a camera feed into electrical impulses. These travel to an implant inside a person’s eye, where they stimulate surviving photoreceptors and pass visual information to the brain.” http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-bright-approach-to-brain-implants-1453480543 View in LinkedIn
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SEEING IN THE DARK. “Rats learn to sense infrared in hours thanks to brain implants. Rat brains quickly adapted to use data from four infrared sensors, allowing them to "see" in the dark and paving the way for augmenting the human brain." (Miguel Nicolelis of Duke University School of Medicine). https://lnkd.in/d45-hdu View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments
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BREWING REVOLUTION. “This fantastic marriage of molecular biology with optics and electronics is already being deployed to build advanced retinal prosthetics for adult-onset blindness. It is revolutionizing the whole field of neuroscience.” http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304914904579435592981780528 View in LinkedIn
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21Sep 2022 by Nigel Fleming No Comments

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THERAPY. “The researchers claim the mesh can be positioned with an accuracy approaching the scale of individual neurons. Activity can then be recorded to study the workings of brain circuitry, or neurons can be stimulated for therapeutic applications such as the deep-brain stimulation used to treat Parkinson's disease.” https://lnkd.in/dmA-KeT View in LinkedIn
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EXOCEREBRUM. “The interface of physiology and engineering represented by brain computer or brain machine interface has a history of success in non-human and human applications for restoration of function...is it possible to attach a biological brain to an external circuit and establish a functional connection for learning?” https://lnkd.in/eB--UFz View in LinkedIn
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EARLY PROMISE. “Theodore Berger and colleagues who showed that an input/output (stimulation and recording) neuroprosthetic interface enhanced memory function subserved by the rodent hippocampus and could overcome memory deficits mimicking natural damage.” https://lnkd.in/eB--UFz View in LinkedIn
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CLOSED LOOP DEVICES. “They envisaged engineering scenarios that could meet the challenge required for truly integrated neuroprosthetics—a closed loop system. Such a system would be able to send to and receive from the brain inputs and processing to control devices that supplement the functionality of the brain itself.” https://lnkd.in/eB--UFz View in LinkedIn
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