Wireless ‘pacemaker for the brain’ could offer new treatment for neurological disorders
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 - 10:50
in Biology & Nature
A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can listen to and stimulate electric current in the brain at the same time, potentially delivering fine-tuned treatments to patients with diseases like epilepsy and Parkinson’s. The device, named the WAND, works like a “pacemaker for the brain,” monitoring the brain’s electrical activity […]