microelectrode
noun
mi·cro·elec·trode
ˌmī-krō-i-ˈlek-ˌtrōd 
: a minute electrode
especially
: one that is inserted in a living biological cell or tissue in studying its electrical characteristics
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All participants had microelectrodes inserted into their temporal lobes in preparation for an operation.
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Michaela Maya-Mrschtik, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
The device’s small round cortical module sits on top of the surface of the brain with 421 microelectrodes — thinner than a strand of human hair — that stick out from the bottom and extend 1.5 millimeters into the brain.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 28 July 2024
The microelectrode arrays linked up to metal pedestals that stuck outside his skin for connection to an external electric stimulator.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Oct. 2016
Neuroscientists of that era speculated that the hippocampus was too far removed from the sensory organs to process their inputs in any manner that could easily be understood from a microelectrode recording.
—May-Britt Moser, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2016
To investigate how the visual encoder could work with the microelectrode array system, the patient used the visual encoder to scan an image of black and white bars printed on cardboard.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
Manufacturing large microelectrode arrays can be very complex and costly, Zeck says, but making large sheets of graphene could be more practical.
—Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Wired, 12 July 2021
Now microelectrode biosensors are available that give unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution, enabling direct measurement of chemical conversations between cells in the nervous system.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2021
Utah Emeritus Distinguished Professor Richard A. Normann invented the Utah Slanted Electrode Array, a grouping of 100 microelectrodes and wires implanted in the forearm's nerves and connected to an external computer.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 July 2019
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Michaela Maya-Mrschtik, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
The device’s small round cortical module sits on top of the surface of the brain with 421 microelectrodes — thinner than a strand of human hair — that stick out from the bottom and extend 1.5 millimeters into the brain.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 28 July 2024
The microelectrode arrays linked up to metal pedestals that stuck outside his skin for connection to an external electric stimulator.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Oct. 2016
Neuroscientists of that era speculated that the hippocampus was too far removed from the sensory organs to process their inputs in any manner that could easily be understood from a microelectrode recording.
—May-Britt Moser, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2016
To investigate how the visual encoder could work with the microelectrode array system, the patient used the visual encoder to scan an image of black and white bars printed on cardboard.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
Manufacturing large microelectrode arrays can be very complex and costly, Zeck says, but making large sheets of graphene could be more practical.
—Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Wired, 12 July 2021
Now microelectrode biosensors are available that give unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution, enabling direct measurement of chemical conversations between cells in the nervous system.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2021
Utah Emeritus Distinguished Professor Richard A. Normann invented the Utah Slanted Electrode Array, a grouping of 100 microelectrodes and wires implanted in the forearm's nerves and connected to an external computer.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 July 2019
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microelectrode
noun
mi·cro·elec·trode
ˌmī-krō-i-ˈlek-ˌtrōd
: a minute electrode
especially
: one that is inserted in a living biological cell or tissue in studying its electrical characteristics
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