ABOUT THE PROJECT

META-BRAIN aims to address the pressing demand for innovative methods enabling wireless, noninvasive, high-resolution control of brain activity. Grounded in well-established scientific principles, these approaches can be precisely targeted to compensate for, correct, modulate, or regulate altered brain activity.
The primary aim of META-BRAIN is to achieve precise spatiotemporal control of brain activity through the utilization of remote magnetoelectric nanostructures and/or ultrasound.

META-BRAIN Magnetoelectric and Ultrasonic Technology for Advanced Brain Modulation

META-BRAIN not only includes a novel stimulation paradigm, but also includes the fabrication of the system, ranging from the nanoparticles of different sizes and materials, including spatially controlled swarms of particles, the ad hoc and model-based design of micro- and macro-coils, the arrays of graphene microtransistors and amplifiers, the closed-loop system, and all associated hardware and software.

Interdisciplinarity

META-BRAIN brings together

Nanotechnology: nanoparticles

Microelectronics

Coil design and control

Ultrasonic devices

Brain models

Electrophysiology

Computational models and close-loop implementation

Clinical applications

Departing from these six elements, META-BRAIN will investigate the physical principles that could be the basis for future brain stimulation technologies with great potential for the restoration of normal brain patterns of activity in pathological conditions.

Project Impact

Building upon these foundations, META-BRAIN will explore the underlying physical principles that could underpin future brain stimulation technologies.
These innovations hold significant promise for restoring typical brain activity patterns in pathological conditions, including those associated with disorders such as stroke, epilepsy, depression, Parkinson’s disease, and traumatic brain injury.

CONTRIBUTION TO SDGs

META-BRAIN aims to contribute to a specific UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in the following ways:

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential for sustainable development. META-BRAIN aims to achieve this by reducing the long-term burden of neuropsychiatric diseases.

META-BRAIN contributes to reducing inequalities by ensuring that its technology can be easily implemented in any healthcare system, regardless of its complexity

META-BRAIN aligns with the goal of achieving higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading, and innovation.

META-BRAIN endeavors to promote innovation and substantially increase the number of research and development workers