Building on the Neuropixel probes released in 2017, researchers at the non profit HHMI Janelia research centre in Virginnia, USA, have developed smaller versions, the Neuropixels 2.0, which are around one third the size. They can track the same neurons inside brains of mice over a period of weeks to study long term brain activities, like learning and memory.
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