Chip Controls Neural Connection
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Free registration required to read the article. “Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Germany and the University of Calgary in Canada have used a silicon chip to coax a pair of nerve cells to communicate.
The two cells communicate with each other using a chemical synapse. When one neuron is electrically excited by a capacitor on the chip it transmits the signal to a second cell. The activity of the second neuron is recorded by a transistor on the chip.” Johnny Mnemonic is getting closer…
