In vivo robotics: the automation of neuroscience and other intact-system biological fields
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Forest, Craig R.; Kodandaramaiah, Suhasa Bangalo; Boyden, Edward
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Robotic and automation technologies have played a huge role in in vitro biological science, having proved critical for scientific endeavors such as genome sequencing and high-throughput screening. Robotic and automation strategies are beginning to play a greater role in in vivo and in situ sciences, especially when it comes to the difficult in vivo experiments required for understanding the neural mechanisms of behavior and disease. In this perspective, we discuss the prospects for robotics and automation to influence neuroscientific and intact-system biology fields. We discuss how robotic innovations might be created to open up new frontiers in basic and applied neuroscience and present a concrete example with our recent automation of in vivo whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology of neurons in the living mouse brain.
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2013-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory; McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT; Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Journal
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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Wiley Blackwell
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Kodandaramaiah, Suhasa B., Edward S. Boyden, and Craig R. Forest. “ In Vivo Robotics: The Automation of Neuroscience and Other Intact-System Biological Fields .” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1305, no. 1 (July 10, 2013): 63–71.
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00778923
1749-6632