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Ed Boyden: Un interruttore di luce per i neuroni

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Ed Boyden mostra come sia possibile attivare o disattivare specifici neuroni con degli impianti di fibre ottiche, inserendo nelle cellule del cervello geni per proteine fotosensibili. Con questo sistema di controllo è riuscito per la prima volta a curare topi con disturbo post-traumatico da stress (PTSD) oppure affetti da varie forme di cecità. All'orizzonte: protesi neurali. Al termine il presentatore Juan Enriquez condurrà una breve sessione di domande e risposte.

At the MIT Media Lab, Ed Boyden leads the Synthetic Neurobiology Group, which invents technologies to reveal how cognition and emotion arise from brain networks -- and to enable systematic repair of disorders such as epilepsy and PTSD. Full bio »

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Reviewed by Els De Keyser
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