“We have developed a technology that makes it possible to demonstrate a phenomenon that was not really possible before,” says Razi Haque, group leader for implantable microsystems at LLNL, flexible and wrapped around specific, deep regions of the brain. This study confirms that the approaches we have used provide consistent, usable, and useful data. “
LLNL developed the 32-channel multi-electrode arrays as part of the DARPA-funded Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies (SUBNETS) program to improve the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders in military service members.
The technique enables researchers to study traveling waves on the hippocampal surface caused by brain activity. The electrodes previously used to record brain activity were implanted under the surface of the hippocampus.
