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(Funded by the Army Research Office, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the US Army Research Laboratory)
To help study entire neuronal networks comprising thousands of interconnected cells, researchers at Harvard University have created an electronic chip on which neurons can grow while their electrical activity is closely monitored. The technology has allowed the team to create synaptic connectivity maps with hundreds of unique connections.
