Scientists have now used an electrically conducting plastic to create a new type of "delivery electrode" that instead releases the neurotransmitters that brain cells use to communicate naturally.
The advantage of this is that only neighbouring cells that have receptors for the specific neurotransmitter, and that are thus sensitive to this substance, will be activated... [more]
Source : Karolinska Institutet
Scientist on the way to creating the first artificial nerve cell that can communicate specifically with nerve cells in the body using neurotransmitter
