A team of scientists from the University of Luxembourg managed to implant "artificial" neurons in the brain of mice

A group of specialists from the University of Luxembourg can mark two achievements at once. The first is that they managed to transform the skin cells of mice into neurons (in fact, this was also possible for other teams of scientists). The second, more important event is the engraftment of "artificial" neurons in the mouse brain.

Moreover, the engraftment is long-term, more than half a year has passed since implantation, and the mice are alive and well, the brain functions normally.
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At first glance, the news is not very significant. However, such an achievement can have widespread consequences, including the possibility of replacing damaged brain neurons of people with neurodegenerative diseases, which will allow to treat the same Parkinson's disease, for example.

Actually, experiments with mice are carried out by scientists of Luxembourg precisely for this purpose: the search for a method of replacing individual neurons of the human brain. So far, work with a person is still very far away, the study leader notes, but still there is already hope for a successful outcome of such work.

In any case, the same operated mice with artificial neurons in the hippocampus and cortex now feel good, and their behavior is practically no different from the behavior of mice in the control group. Side effects also do not appear.

At the same time, the implanted neurons do not just “live” in the brain of the mouse, they have established a reliable connection with the neighboring “native” neurons (new synapses have appeared), and they are already working as a unit.

Via alphagalileo