First Close Look At Stimulated Brain

Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 19:28 in Biology & Nature

With the aid of optical imaging technology, researchers have for the first time been able to see how neurons react to electrical stimulation. The neural response to electrical currents isn't localized, as some had previously thought. Rather, electrical stimulation activates a scattered and widely distributed set of neurons.

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