Nanomaterial stimulates and regrows severed nerves like sci-fi tech
“In a move that echoes a sci-fi series, researchers have developed a [MORE]
Nerve repair by using gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cells
“In this study [from neuroscientists at the University of Pennsylvania], gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem [MORE]
Dual-mode microelectrode array (DM-MEA) system
From bioengineers in Basel and Zurich, Switzerland: “We report on a dual-mode high-density microelectrode array, which [MORE]
Peripheral nerve regeneration
“University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers have created a biodegradable nerve guide — a polymer tube — [MORE]
Neural Implants
“Engineers have concocted dust-sized brain implants, electrodes that climb nerves like a vine, electrodes made from flexible materials such [MORE]
External ear with hair follicles
Animals other than mammals are able to regenerate nerve structures—e.g. inner ear hair cells—that maintain hearing [MORE]
OptoMagneticSensor
Nerve impulses, in traveling through the body, generate ultra-small magnetic fields which scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute (University of [MORE]
Optical Magnetometre
Before this gets too exciting, realize that this piece refers to measuring the sciatic nerve impulse of a frog’s [MORE]
Liquid Metal Nerves
Liquid metal is an alloy of gallium, indium and selenium which takes a fluid phase at body temperature [MORE]
Schwann cells are those that support and protect neurons. They form the myelin sheath, for example, on brain axons. [MORE]
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed what they call a “Guiding Regeneration Gel,” made of antioxidants, synthetic laminen [MORE]
Example of Mechanomyography
Approximately 80% of adults will suffer back pain at some time in their lives, sciatica being [MORE]
Harvard researchers have successfully transferred an electro-fluorescent protein, rhodopsin, to mammalian heart cells in such a way that the conductivity [MORE]