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[...] The flexible gDNP [graphene depth neural probe] devices were chronically implanted in mice with epilepsy. The implanted devices provided outstanding spatial resolution and very rich wide bandwidth recording of epileptic brain signals over weeks. In addition, extensive chronic biocompatibility tests confirmed no significant tissue damage and neuro-inflammation, attributed to the biocompatibility of the used materials, including graphene, and the flexible nature of the gDNP device.
The ability to record and map the full range of brain signals using electrophysiological probes will greatly advance our understanding of brain diseases and aid the clinical management of patients with diverse neurological disorders. Current technologies are limited in their ability to accurately obtain with high spatial fidelity ultraslow brain signals.
Epilepsy is the most common serious brain disorder worldwide, with up to 30% of people unable to control their seizures using traditional anti-epileptic drugs. For drug-refractory patients, epilepsy surgery may be a viable option. Surgical removal of the area of the brain where the seizures first start can result in seizure freedom; however, the success of surgery relies on accurately identifying the seizure onset zone (SOZ).
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 25 2021, @05:06AM
Surgery to implant many of these tiny electrodes into a human brain sounds damn near impossible. But, "growing" the flexible graphene electrodes in place, with nanobots doing the work sounds like something that Eric Drexler would predict for nano machines.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 25 2021, @01:55PM
There was no graphene and suddenly it was everywhere. Makes you think where the technology came from. It seems alien technology (at the south pole) has been studied and every once in a while a "revolutionary" new material comes into being.