Robot Reveals the Inner Workings of Brain Cells
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 16:00
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have automated the process of finding and recording information from neurons in the living brain. A robotic arm guided by a cell-detecting computer algorithm can identify and record from neurons in the living mouse brain with better accuracy and speed than a human experimenter.
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