… Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Research Areas optogenetics , spatial memory , plasticity , synaptic … how the brain encodes, stores, and recalls information. optogenetics , spatial memory , plasticity , synaptic …
… or stimulate these memories by using a technique known as optogenetics to manipulate the cells that carry these memory … The researchers set out to test this hypothesis using optogenetics: By engineering neurons of the ventral CA1 to … researchers were able to “re-awaken” these memories using optogenetics. In one experiment, when the test mouse first …
… for astrocytes a technology Boyden co-invented called optogenetics. Optogenetics changes cells to become responsive to flashes of visible light. Widely applied in neurons, optogenetics alters genes that regulate whether neurons …
… to be activated by light flashes, a technique called “optogenetics.” Spines respond to scenes Two-photon imaging of … more Research Article plasticity , synaptic plasticity , optogenetics , visual cortex , visual system , vision , …