Research · Updated 24 Oct, 09:27 pm IST
EPFL team builds implantable neural chip that tracks cross‑region brain communication
Why it matters for readers: It helps explain why future brain implants might detect emotions and thoughts by monitoring networks rather than single areas.
- EPFL researchers created an implantable neural chip that tracks communication across brain regions and identifies cognitive and emotional states in real time.1
- Most existing deep brain stimulation (DBS) systems operate in an open‑loop manner or rely on signals from a single brain region, limiting their usefulness for psychiatric disorders.1
- The team argues psychiatric disorders may stem more from disrupted communication between brain regions than from dysfunction in any single area.1
- Mahsa Shoaran, head of the Integrated Neurotechnologies Lab at EPFL, is quoted describing the network‑based view motivating the work.1
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