Friday, June 17, 2011

Artificial hippocampal system restores long-term memory, enhances cognition



Theodore Berger and his team at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a neural prosthesis for rats that is able to restore their ability to form long-term memories after they had been pharmacologically blocked.

via - kurzweilai.net

This feels relevant to anyone who has experienced alzheimer's or similar memory-loss in family or friends.

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