Three researchers who have been integral to the discovery and development of using light-sensitive proteins to determine the function of neurons ­— and possibly control them — have won the 2021 Albert ...

Please can you give an introduction to optogenetics? How was this technology inspired by psychiatry? Optogenetics is a way of introducing information into the brain using light, it targets specific ...

What the scientists had was a lab version of The Dog That Didn’t Bark — or, if Sherlock Holmes were chronicling the experiment, The Mice That Didn’t Freeze. One at a time, the 20 mice went into a ...

Then scientists deployed dyes, and lo, the intricate branching of brain cells called neurons was revealed. It was good but didn’t show which cells rubbed branches with others. After a time, scientists ...

The optogenetic revolution is transforming neuroscience. The dramatic recent progress in using light to both control and read out neural activity has highlighted the need for better probes, improved ...

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