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. 2016 May 12;12(6):316-7.
doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2016.65.

Neuroendocrinology: Electromagnetic control of neural activity - prospective physics for physicians

Samuel C Funderburk  1 , Michael J Krashes  1
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Neuroendocrinology: Electromagnetic control of neural activity - prospective physics for physicians

Samuel C Funderburk et al. Nat Rev Endocrinol. .

Abstract

Rapid, minimally invasive control of explicit neural activity would be a major advance for basic and clinical research in the neuroscience and neuroendocrinology fields, and could have applications for the potential treatment of neurological disorders. A new study by Stanley et al. brings us closer to this goal.

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