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Engineering approaches to illuminating brain structure and dynamics.

Neuron ·Vol. 80 ·No. 3 ·2013-10-30 ·Pages 568-77

Deisseroth K, Schnitzer MJ

Abstract

Historical milestones in neuroscience have come in diverse forms, ranging from the resolution of specific biological mysteries via creative experimentation to broad technological advances allowing neuroscientists to ask new kinds of questions. The continuous development of tools is driven with a special necessity by the complexity, fragility, and inaccessibility of intact nervous systems, such that inventive technique development and application drawing upon engineering and the applied sciences has long been essential to neuroscience. Here we highlight recent technological directions in neuroscience spurred by progress in optical, electrical, mechanical, chemical, and biological engineering. These research areas are poised for rapid growth and will likely be central to the practice of neuroscience well into the future.

MeSH Terms
Animals Bioengineering Brain/anatomy & histology,physiology History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans Neurosciences/history,methods Nonlinear Dynamics
Authors & Affiliations
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Deisseroth Karl
Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; CNC Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
Schnitzer Mark J
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Article Info
Journal
Neuron
Abbr.
Neuron
ISSN
1097-4199
DOI
10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.032
Email
[email protected]
Published
2013-10-30
Pages
568-77
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
8809320
PMCID
PMC5731466
Subset
IM
Grants
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · United States
NIH HHS · DP1 OD003560 · United States
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