Human neurons implanted into a rat's brain respond to flashing lights

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Human neurons implanted into a rat's brain respond to flashing lights
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Human neurons have been implanted into the brains of rats with damaged visual cortexes. After two months, the neurons responded when the rats saw flashing lights

Next, the team removed a portion of the visual cortex in 46 rats, before transferring the organoids to these damaged cortices.

One set of images consisted of flashing lights, while another had alternating black and white lines in various orientations, such as horizontal and diagonal.

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