Stanford engineers have created a plastic skin-like material that can detect pressure and deliver a Morse code-like signal directly to a living brain cell. The work takes a big step toward adding a sense of touch to prosthetic limbs.
NeuWrite West talks with Peter Bandettini, Chief of the Section on Functional Imaging Methods, in the Laboratory of Brain and Cognition at National Institute of Mental Health.
The Stanford Concussion and Brain Performance Center was established last year to define objective criteria for diagnosing concussions, and to treat adults and children based on the physical response of the brain.
A few neuroscientists who have recently ventured to think outside the brain have revealed that the bacteria that reside in your digestive system – your gut microbiota – have the capacity to influence emotions and even behavior.