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as the presence of signal transduction reminiscent of an intracellular, though
noninvasive recording, should be specifi cally addressed to develop new (nano)
technological tools to probe the brain.
Acknowledgments
Authors acknowledge fi nancial support from the Italian Ministry of University
and Research (Cofi n and FIRB), from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, from
the European Commission (NEURONANO-NMP4-CT-2006-031847), and from the “Stoicescu”
grant. M.G. and L.G. are grateful to Prof. H. Markram, C. Petersen, and S. Martinoia for helpful
discussions and to S. Garcia and K. Antoniello for assistance.
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