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 …
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 …
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 …
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
As novel sights become familiar, different brain rhythms, neurons take over June 08, 2021 … the lab still needs to perform more experiments. Using optogenetics, in which they can engineer neurons to be …
Dopamine signaling allows neural circuits to generate coordinated behaviors June 11, 2020 … by taking direct control of dopamine-producing cells using optogenetics, a technology that allows neuron activity to be …
