Scientific breakthrough magnetic deep brain stimulation

Brain stimulation by electrically charged nanoparticles and magnetic field

Scientists from Maastricht UMC+ and the German Max Planck Institute have succeeded in stimulating brain areas via a magnetic field in mice injected with electrically charged nanoparticles.

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