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A neuroprosthesis that feeds geomagnetic signals into the brains of blind rats has enabled them to navigate around a maze.
The neuroprosthesis consists of a geomagnetic compass and two electrodes that fit into the animals’ visual cortices, the areas of the brain that process visual information.
The study was published in the Current Biology journal.
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Professor of Neurobiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Biomedical Engineering at Duke University.
Research Director of ERATO Ikegaya Brain-AI hybrid project, former professor at The University of Tokyo.
