Mar
09

Researchers at MIT and Georgia Tech have developed a way to automate a process called whole-cell patch clamping, which involves bringing a tiny hollow glass pipette in contact with the cell membrane of a neuron, then opening up a small pore in the membrane to record the electrical activity within the cell. Credit: Sputnik Animation and MIT McGovern Institute Via Georgia Tech Research News (Neural Recordings: Robot Reveals the Inner Workings of Brain Cells)

Researchers at MIT and Georgia Tech have developed a way to automate a process called whole-cell patch clamping, which involves bringing a tiny hollow glass pipette in contact with the cell membrane of a neuron, then opening up a small pore in the membrane to record the electrical activity within the cell.

Credit: Sputnik Animation and MIT McGovern Institute

Via Georgia Tech Research News (Neural Recordings: Robot Reveals the Inner Workings of Brain Cells)

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