NeuroPixels 2.0
"It opens doors to experiments we could only dream about 5 years ago!", exclaims Professor Edvard Moser.
He is talking about Neuropixels 2.0 - a new favorite in neuroscientists’ toolbox.
So, what does Neuropixels 2.0 do that is so great?
Neuropixels 2.0 is a tiny brain probe with several rows of even tinier microphones. These bitsy microphones can listen in on conversations between thousands of brain cells across a brain area. What they actually record, is the very neural conversations from which our intellectual abilities like learning and memory arise.
Neuropixels 2.0 can listen to the same neurons across timescales from milliseconds up to months!
At only 1/3 the size of its predecessor, it is tiny enough to be carried on the head of a freely moving mouse.
«The development of this brain science tool shows the value of collaborating across borders and disciplines», says Moser.
Norwegian researchers Richard Gardner, Edvard Moser and Abraham Zelalem Vollan from the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Trondheim took part in the international joint project.
The research paper published in Science magazine, upon which this video is based, can be found here: https://science.sciencemag.org/conten...