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Optoelectrode probe reads and stimulates neurons simultaneously

12-Oct-2015

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Uses zinc oxide – an optically transparent semiconductor.

Chip is just a few millimeters square with sixteen micrometer-sized pin-like optoelectrodes.

Previous devices were physically bulky and used separate components for light emission and electrical sensing.

The study was published in the Nature Methods journal.

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Brown University School of Engineering

Private Ivy League research university located in Providence, Rhode Island.

Joonhee Lee

Assistant Professor at University of Nevada, Reno.

Nature Methods

Scientific journal covering new scientific techniques.

Seoul National University

National university in Seoul, South Korea.

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Brain Interface