Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Tiny injectable LEDs help neuroscientists study the brain

Champaign IL (SPX) Apr 16, 2013



A new class of tiny, injectable LEDs is illuminating the deep mysteries of the brain. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St. Louis developed ultrathin, flexible optoelectronic devices - including LEDs the size of individual neurons - that are lighting the way for neuroscientists in the field of optogenetics and beyond.

Led by John A.