Recent Progress on Multimodal Technologies for Neural Modulation and Sensing
Brain science is widely recognized as the last scientific frontier.The quest of advanced techniques to precisely modulate and interrogate the nervous system has become an interdisciplinary and emerging topic.Based on the special workshop on"Multimodal Technologies for Neural Modulation and Sensing",this prospective article reviews and highlights the recent progress on this field.Details involve discussions on the fundamental interactions between physical/chemical signals and neural activities,materials,devices and systems for neural interfaces,neuroimaging methods,neural signal encoding and decoding approaches,as well as clinical applications.We summarize the article by elucidating future research directions,and their opportunities and challenges associated with interdisciplinary collaborations.