Fiber to the brain [brain surgery].

Fiber to the brain [brain surgery].

This paper describes a promising new procedure developed by researchers from the New York University Medical Center, the Massachussets Institute of Technology, and the University of Tokyo to perform brain surgery via nanotechnology. The procedure involves attaching electrodes to small clusters of br...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE spectrum 42, 10 (2005).
Main Author: Jones, W.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood vessels.
Brain surgery.
Brain tissue damage.
Cardiovascular system.
Conducting polymer materials.
Electrodes.
Human brain.
Medical diagnostics.
Nanotechnology.
Polymer nanowires.