Microelectrode-arrays help to distinguish between healthy and diseased neurons

Recent advances in cellular reprogramming have opened a route to studying the fundamental mechanisms underlying common neurological disorders. Advances in the development of so-called high-density microelectrode-arrays provide an unprecedented means to study neuronal physiology at different scales. Researchers from the Bio Engineering Lab, led by Andreas Hierlemann, now used these devices to characterise healthy and diseased (stem-cell-derived) human neurons.