Neuropixels 2.0 enables brain-wide recordings of neuron activity
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Research update

The next generation of Neuropixels brings us closer to understanding the brain

Neuropixels 2.0 packs over 5000 recording sites on a tiny brain implant enabling neuron recordings across brain regions and circuits. This will boost our knowledge of the brain.

Summary

Neuroprobes are thin brain implants that can record brain activity 

The new Neuropixels 2.0 probe increases the number of recording sites drastically to over 5000 while keeping the implantable area small

This technical challenge was made possible by advanced nano- and micro-processing technologies that integrate all the electronics on the neuroprobe itself

Neuropixels 2.0 enable brain-wide recordings which will boost our knowledge of how the brain works and how brain diseases originate