A technique that allows the repair of damaged nerve cells in the body
A technique that allows the repair of damaged nerve cells in the body
6/6/2020
A team of researchers has developed a new technology that allows artificial neural networks to communicate with nerve cells within the human brain, as the new system converts industrial electrical signals into a specific pattern that enables live cells to deal with.
This technique is of great importance in developing future nerve tissues to replace human nerve cells and connections that can be damaged by accidents, etc.
The science website "Technology Daily" reported that this study is a joint effort between researchers from the Biogrox Institute for Medical Research in Spain and the University of Tokyo, and the "EMS" laboratory of the University of Bordeaux, France.
One of the most important problems facing the possibility of linking living and industrial neurons is that the brain cells deal in a very accurate way, while the networks of artificial neurons cannot reach specific cells within the human brain.
But the new technology was able to overcome this problem after the study team succeeded in converting electrical signals into light pulses.
Researcher Timothy Levy says, "The new technology allows targeting of specific nerve cells in the human brain, within a very narrow space within the scope of the human neural network."
Levy added that "the secret behind our success is to understand that it is necessary for the rhythm of artificial neurons to correspond to the rhythm of normal cells. Once we were able to achieve this, we succeeded in achieving a response from the normal neural network toward the artificial network.
