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Rerouting Brain Circuits with Implanted Chips
A chip being tested in monkeys could one day reconnect areas of a damaged brain
Source: "Long-Term Motor Cortex Plasticity Induced by an Electronic
Neural Implant"
Andrew Jackson et al.
Nature 444(7115): 56-60
RESULTS: Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle showed for the first time in live animals that an implantable device could record signals from one part of the brain and transmit them to another part, reshaping neural connections in the process.
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