Researchers already know that gelatin-covered electrode implants cause less damage to brain tissue than electrodes with no gelatin coating. Researchers at the Neuronano Research Center (NRC), Lund University, Sweden, have now shown that microglia, the brain’s cleansing cells, and the enzymes that the cells use in the cleaning process, change in the presence of gelatin.
“Knowledge about the beneficial effects of gelatin could be significant for brain surgery, but also in the development of brain implants”
