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Striking the cord: Optical control of motor functions

posted November 7, 2014 at 1:37 pm

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Grad student Chi Lu and colleagues demonstrate a highly flexible polymer probe for triggering spinal-cord neurons with light and simultaneously recording their activity. « more »

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Striking the cord: Optical control of motor functions (MIT News)

Professor Polina Anikeeva

Bioelectronics Group