Rice-engineered material can reconnect severed nerves
October 10, 2023
October 10, 2023
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 10 -- Rice University issued the following news release:
Researchers have long recognized the therapeutic potential of using magnetoelectrics materials that can turn magnetic fields into electric fields to stimulate neural tissue in a minimally invasive way and help treat neurological disorders or nerve damage. The problem, however, is that neurons have a hard time responding to the shape and frequency of the electric signal resulting from this conversion.
Researchers have long recognized the therapeutic potential of using magnetoelectrics materials that can turn magnetic fields into electric fields to stimulate neural tissue in a minimally invasive way and help treat neurological disorders or nerve damage. The problem, however, is that neurons have a hard time responding to the shape and frequency of the electric signal resulting from this conversion.