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Alexander Opitz

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Name: Alexander Opitz

 

Department: Biomedical Engineering

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Institution: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

 

Address: 312 Church Street SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

 

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Expertise: Our brain works using electricity. Information between neurons is passed by action potentials in the form of electrical currents along their membranes. Intact electric signalling is very important for the functioning of the brain. Various neurological and psychiatric disorders are thought to occur from pathological processes with regards to electric signal propagation between neurons. Devices to non-invasively interfere with electric activity in the brain show promise as treatment option in diseases ranging from depression to stroke

 

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