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Plasmonic nanoprobe optically monitors neural activity

21 Oct 2019 Isabelle Dumé
Nano-optical probes
UC Santa Cruz engineers Ahsan Habib (left) and Ali Yanik have developed ultrasensitive nanoscale optical probes to monitor the bioelectric activity of neurons and other electrogenic cells. CREDIT: Carolyn Lagattuta
A new ultrasensitive nanoscale optical probe that can monitor the bioelectric activity of neurons (a

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