Brain monitoring robot could shed light on Alzheimers’ / Il robot di controllo del cervello potrebbe rivelare l'Alzheimer
Brain monitoring robot could shed light on Alzheimers’ / Il robot di controllo del cervello potrebbe rivelare l'Alzheimer Segnalato dal Dott. Giuseppe Cotellessa / Reported by Dr. Giuseppe Cotellessa The technique can be used to study the behaviour of individual neurons La tecnica può essere usata per studiare il comportamento dei singoli neuroni Researchers at Imperial College London have successfully automated a challenging brain monitoring technique that can be used to study brain function and shed light on conditions such as Alzheimers ’. Whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology, or whole-cell recording (WCR), has been used since the 1970s to study neurons in mammal brains. By looking at the electrical activity of individual neurons in a live brain, the technique can be used to build a picture of the function of the entire organ. However, because of the small scale of the equipment and the microscopic nature of the cells involved, WCR is no...