microelectrode
noun
mi·cro·elec·trode
ˌmī-krō-i-ˈlek-ˌtrōd 
: a minute electrode
especially
: one that is inserted in a living biological cell or tissue in studying its electrical characteristics
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One of its most notable innovations is the inclusion of 421 microelectrodes, each one thinner than a human hair, which allows the device to capture signals from individual brain cells with impressive precision.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
The Precision Neuroscience website describes a Layer 7 Cortical Interface as: A thin film microelectrode array that is engineered to conform to the brain’s cortex without damaging tissue.
—Kevin Williams, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2025
The surgeons implanted two tiny microelectrode arrays, each with 96 electrodes that could record the electrical activity of single neurons.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2015
All participants had microelectrodes inserted into their temporal lobes in preparation for an operation.
—Michaela Maya-Mrschtik, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
The device’s small round cortical module sits on top of the surface of the brain with 421 microelectrodes — thinner than a strand of human hair — that stick out from the bottom and extend 1.5 millimeters into the brain.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 28 July 2024
The microelectrode arrays linked up to metal pedestals that stuck outside his skin for connection to an external electric stimulator.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Oct. 2016
Neuroscientists of that era speculated that the hippocampus was too far removed from the sensory organs to process their inputs in any manner that could easily be understood from a microelectrode recording.
—May-Britt Moser, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2016
To investigate how the visual encoder could work with the microelectrode array system, the patient used the visual encoder to scan an image of black and white bars printed on cardboard.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
The Precision Neuroscience website describes a Layer 7 Cortical Interface as: A thin film microelectrode array that is engineered to conform to the brain’s cortex without damaging tissue.
—Kevin Williams, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2025
The surgeons implanted two tiny microelectrode arrays, each with 96 electrodes that could record the electrical activity of single neurons.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2015
All participants had microelectrodes inserted into their temporal lobes in preparation for an operation.
—Michaela Maya-Mrschtik, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
The device’s small round cortical module sits on top of the surface of the brain with 421 microelectrodes — thinner than a strand of human hair — that stick out from the bottom and extend 1.5 millimeters into the brain.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 28 July 2024
The microelectrode arrays linked up to metal pedestals that stuck outside his skin for connection to an external electric stimulator.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Oct. 2016
Neuroscientists of that era speculated that the hippocampus was too far removed from the sensory organs to process their inputs in any manner that could easily be understood from a microelectrode recording.
—May-Britt Moser, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2016
To investigate how the visual encoder could work with the microelectrode array system, the patient used the visual encoder to scan an image of black and white bars printed on cardboard.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
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microelectrode
noun
mi·cro·elec·trode
ˌmī-krō-i-ˈlek-ˌtrōd
: a minute electrode
especially
: one that is inserted in a living biological cell or tissue in studying its electrical characteristics
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