A shocking journey: How electric fish inspired new therapies for brain diseases
A shocking journey: How electric fish inspired new therapies for brain diseases
The use of small electrical signals as a treatment for a variety of diseases is an idea that goes back to Roman times. The Roman doctors for example used to shock their patients with an electric ray to treat a persistent headache.
Nowadays, we don’t use fish to do this, but we implant small electrodes in the brain to treat diseases like Parkinson’s or epilepsy. Unfortunately, those electrodes are rigid and cause inflammation inside the brain.
In my research, I try to develop a new generation of electrodes that be injected into the brain as building blocks and assembled by the body itself in the right place.
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Hanne Biesmans, Linköpings universitet
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