The work will enable an integrated tool that combines multiple functions to allow electrical as well as chemical sensing and stimulation of neurons.

Fourteen partners, from all over Europe and both from academic and industrial worlds, form the NeuroProbes consortium.

The aim of the proposed research is to develop a system platform that will allow an extremely wide series of innovative diagnostic and therapeutic measures for the treatment and for the scientific understanding of cerebral systems and associated diseases. The proposed work will enable a new integrated tool that combines multiple functions to allow electrical recording and stimulation as well as chemical sensing and stimulation. The resulting potential is expected to lead to a new era of work in the field of fundamental, scientific, as well as clinical brain research. Furthermore, the medical relevance of this work will also be demonstrated in the course of the project, specifically in the context of vision restoration of profoundly blind patients.