Rewiring a Damaged Brain 92
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers in the Midwest are developing microelectronic circuitry to guide the growth of axons in a brain damaged by trauma. The goal is to rewire the brain connectivity and bypass the damaged region in order to restore normal behavior and movement. 'The device, which [professor Pedram Mohseni] calls a brain-machine-brain interface, includes a microchip on a circuit board smaller than a quarter. The microchip amplifies signals, called neural action potentials, produced by the neurons in one part of the brain and uses an algorithm to separate these signals — brain spike activity — from noise and other artifacts. Upon spike discrimination, the microchip sends a current pulse to stimulate neurons in another part of the brain, artificially connecting the two brain regions.'"
Re:@soulskill (Score:3, Funny)
That shouldn't have wires. You're doing it wrong!
first post (Score:1, Funny)
...using the brain chip.
Damn the lag.
Paradox (Score:3, Funny)
"researchers foresee the possibility of using the approach in patients 10 years from now."
How can medical research move so fast and so slow at the SAME TIME?
Re:Except, No (Score:3, Funny)
You too, mate.
Re:Except, No (Score:3, Funny)
I'd say it's closer to "We've thought the earth was flat for centuries, how can you come and say the earth is round, even with your newfangled theories and tests, I discount all your research and stick to my pre-existing beliefs"