Unique visual stimulation may be new treatment for Alzheimer’s December 07, 2016 … These initial studies relied on a technique known as optogenetics, co-pioneered by Boyden, which allows scientists …
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 …
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 …
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), …
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 …
Scientists eager to explain brain rhythm boost’s broad impact in Alzheimer’s models December 09, 2019