Neurons might be linked along with mild
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A method to hyperlink unconnected neurons within the mind and alter an organism’s behaviour, dubbed neural engineering, may someday assist deal with spinal accidents.
There’s already a method for manipulating neurons with mild, generally known as optogenetics, that been used for quite a lot of functions, corresponding to controlling the motion of nematode worms (Caenorhabditis elegans). However utilizing this methodology in vertebrates, together with people, requires invasive surgical procedures so the sunshine can attain particular mind cells.
Michael Krieg on the Institute of …
