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A single memory is stored across many connected brain regions April 11, 2022 … controllable with flashes of light (a technique called “optogenetics”). The researchers then applied light flashes to …
Dopamine signals when a fear can be forgotten April 28, 2025 … but also actually causes them. In one set, they turned to optogenetics, a technology that enables scientists to …
Scientists identify specific brain region and circuits controlling attention November 02, 2020 … Sciences , the team demonstrated clear causality by using optogenetics to specifically control LC noradrenergic neurons …