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Manipulating Our Brain
Manage episode 318620373 series 3275851
The brain is the most complex organ, well... according to our brain. What if I told you, it is possible to EXPAND the brain the same way diapers expand?? We can also fire specific neurons in the brain to find harmful proteins responsible for Alzheimer's and blindness using a new technology...
Ari discusses these insane possibilities with Edward Boyden, the pioneer of Expansion spectroscopy and Optogenetics, and a crucial asset of the neural engineering group at MIT!!
29 episodes
Manage episode 318620373 series 3275851
The brain is the most complex organ, well... according to our brain. What if I told you, it is possible to EXPAND the brain the same way diapers expand?? We can also fire specific neurons in the brain to find harmful proteins responsible for Alzheimer's and blindness using a new technology...
Ari discusses these insane possibilities with Edward Boyden, the pioneer of Expansion spectroscopy and Optogenetics, and a crucial asset of the neural engineering group at MIT!!
29 episodes
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