Brain chip enables injured rats to control movements
Prosthesis bypasses damaged area to connect distant neurons
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BRIDGE THE GAP Injured rats can grab food normally when a newly created device, implanted in the brain, bypasses the damaged motor cortex to send messages to other parts of the brain.
Elissa Monroe/University of Kansas Medical Center