​​"Magnetrodes" is an FP7-FET (Future and Emerging Technologies) project whose main goal is to develop a new generation of tools for local magnetic imaging and spectroscopy at the neuron scale in order to model the electromagnetic response of a neuron.

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​The magnetic probes (“Magnetrodes”) which will be developed in the project aims at:

- Detecting the magnetic field generated by the currents in the neurons ; low-frequency signals <10KHz
- Detecting the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) signal for the chemical analysis of the area concerned (few 100 µm3); MHz range signals

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Chosen technology:

Spin electronics:

- sensitive at small scales (down to a micrometer)

- operating in a wide range of frequencies (from DC to several GHz).

The consortium is composed of 5 teams from 4 EU countries.