The Proceedings of the Conference on Information, Intelligence and Precision Equipment : IIP
Online ISSN : 2424-3140
2014
Session ID : E-2-4
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E-2-4 Development of Local Light Stimulation Device for Neural Network Analysis
Hidetaka UENOShoji KOMAIKyohei TERAOHidekuni TAKAOFusao SIMOKAWAHidetoshi KOTERATakaaki SUZUKI
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In brain science and psychology, one of the most important purposes of recent studies about neural network, biological circuit in brain, is to establish a method of treatment for the central nervous system disease, such as Alzheimer. "Optogenetics" is a new technique for analyzing neural network. In optogenetics, neurons in a neural network is stimulated and controlled by visible lights. In this paper, we propose an integrated microchip having micro electrodes and micro lenses. The proposed microchip stimulates a brain slice sample with two focused lights which have different affection to the neuron, and measures the electrical reaction of the neural network.
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