University of Southampton Scientists Develop Worm EEG to Test the Effects of Drugs
5/23/2013 8:10:23 AM
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Scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a device which records the brain activity of worms to help test the effects of drugs. NeuroChip is a microfluidic electrophysiological device, which can trap the microscopic worm Caenorhadbitis elegans and record the activity of discrete neural circuits in its 'brain' -- a worm equivalent of the EEG.
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