Researchers at Harvard University have made an electronic chip that is capable of recording thousands of connected neurons simultaneously. Capturing this level of intracellular activity will allow the investigators to map an unprecedented level of synaptic connectivity.
"Our combination of the sensitivity and parallelism can benefit fundamental and applied neurobiology alike, including functional connectome construction and high-throughput electrophysiological screening," said Hongkun Park, Mark Hyman Jr. Professor of Chemistry and Physics, and co-author of the publication.
Their research was published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.