Researchers at MIT have developed a new tool that can control the brain. This new tool can turn on and off specific parts of the brain with just a simple flash of light.
According to the researchers this tool can aid in the development of therapies for epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease.
The tool can also help researchers determine the language of the brain. In our brain information is encoded in the electrical activity of the neurons. This information forms our memory and also directs every move of the body.
This new research will enable researchers to precisely control specific neurons of the brain and could finally get many answers to major questions regarding the activity of the brain.
This new tool can also determine neural activity patterns that are involved in cognitive processes such as epilepsy and could one day get a therapy for the disease.
Via: medlaunches
