Feast or forage: Study finds circuit that helps a brain decide November 22, 2021 … activated with a flash of light (a technique called optogenetics). When she flashed the light, it caused the worm …
Memory and its meaning October 07, 2019 … become deft at editing genes and inserting new ones. In “optogenetics,” for example, genetic insertions enable neurons …
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 …
Plasticity and place: Study shows a key neural mechanism of remembering locations March 25, 2024 … help place cells attune to locations to begin with. With “optogenetics” they took control of the activity of the CCK … said. She plans to probe the mechanism further by using optogenetics to induce the complex spikes that trigger DSI. …
How flashing lights and pink noise might banish Alzheimer’s, improve memory and more February 28, 2018