Three from MIT elected to the National Academy of Sciences May 01, 2019 … complex brain processes. He pioneered the development of optogenetics, a powerful method that enables neuronal …
Study shows how a single neuron’s parallel outputs can coordinate many aspects of behavior September 27, 2023 … behaviors, they manipulated the neuron’s activity using optogenetics, a technique in which cells are genetically …
Evidence early, but emerging, that gamma rhythm stimulation can treat neurological disorders December 20, 2023
Scientists identify brain circuit that drives pleasure-inducing behavior March 22, 2017 … they express and their anatomical location. They then used optogenetics, a technique that allowed them to control neuron …
Grant to help scientists test whether brain region is a key locus of learning July 23, 2021 … of LC-NE neurons, they’ll also take them over using optogenetics (in which neurons can be controlled with light), …
Five Picower students honored as ‘Graduate Women of Excellence’ May 01, 2019 … of “giving back to the world.” “I get to teach them about optogenetics for the first time, I get to teach them about …
When Alzheimer’s degrades cells that cross hemispheres, visual memory suffers August 19, 2022 … controllable with flashes of light (a technology called “optogenetics”). When they shined the light on the …
Neuroscientists identify brain circuit necessary for memory formation April 06, 2017 … They can also artificially reactivate memories by using optogenetics, a technique that allows them to turn target …
Scientists eager to explain brain rhythm boost’s broad impact in Alzheimer’s models December 09, 2019
