listen to and record electrical signals transmitted from brain cells. Dr Petro Lutsyk, lecturer in electronic engineering and systems in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and member of Aston Institute of Photonic and Dr Stuart Greenhill, senior lecturer in neuroscience in the College of Health and Life Sciences and member of Aston Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment have received funding of a 100,000 pounds from the Royal Society for advancing the project Nanomaterial Webs for Revolutionary Brain Recording.
Dr Greenhill stated that epilepsy patients who presently cannot be treated with drugs can have a brain surgery as a preventive measure for seizures, that takes out part of the brain that is the ‘focus’ of the seizures, further saying that the research will implement recently developed nanomaterials to maintain the health of samples of the brain and keep it active for a greater period than current technology is capable of, while keeping records of the activity of the tissue.
The use of scientific data has always been an asset for researchers and with modern analytical tools, researchers from various areas have seen advanced findings previously not found in research institutes across the world.
Dr Greenhill further added that the research would pave the way for deeper knowledge of epileptic seizure causing conditions and initiate new avenues for drug development, which could result in less surgeries in the years ahead and eventually, the technology could bring about new and more effective ways of recording from patients’ brains prior to surgery.
