Robot-Embodied Neuronal Networks as an Interactive Model of Learning.

Conclusion: These analyses may contribute to optimization of neuronal-computer interfaces for perceptive and locomotive prosthetic applications. Ex vivo networks display critical alterations in signal patterns following treatment with subcytotoxic concentrations of amyloid-beta. Future studies including comparison of tracking accuracy of embodied networks prepared from mice harboring key mutations with those from normal mice, accompanied with exposure to Abeta and/or other neurotoxins, may provide a useful model system for monitoring subtle impairment of neuronal function as well as normal and abnormal development. PMID: 29151990 [PubMed]
Source: The Open Neurology Journal - Category: Neurology Tags: Open Neurol J Source Type: research