New silicon ‘Neuropixels’ probes record activity of hundreds of neurons simultaneously

New silicon ‘Neuropixels’ probes record activity of hundreds of neurons simultaneously

“In a $5.5 million international collaboration, researchers and engineers have developed powerful new “Neuropixels” brain probes that can simultaneously monitor the neural activity of hundreds of neurons at several layers of a rodent’s brain for the first time.

Described in a paper published today (November 8, 2017) in Nature, Neuropixels probes represent a significant advance in neuroscience measurement technology, and will allow for the most precise understanding yet of how large networks of nerve cells coordinate to give rise to behavior and cognition, according to the researchers…”

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