Hippocampal brain-machine interface (part 2) (VIDEO)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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At the same time that the rat is navigating in the VR arena, the BMI system records the rat’s hippocampal activity. The researchers can see which neurons are activated when the rat navigates the arena to reach each goal. These signals provide the basis for a real-time hippocampal BMI, with the brain’s hippocampal activity translated into actions on the screen.

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Chongxi Lai

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