Rewiring a damaged brain

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 08:35 in Health & Medicine

Researchers in the Midwest are developing microelectronic circuitry to guide the growth of axons in a brain damaged by an exploding bomb, car crash or stroke. The goal is to rewire the brain connectivity and bypass the region damaged by trauma, in order to restore normal behaviour and movement...

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