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The image shows Archer1 fluorescence in a cultured rat hippocampal neuron.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 19, 2014·7 min read

Sensing Neuronal Activity With Light

Researchers have developed a new way of mapping neural networks in living organisms.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 12, 2014·4 min read

Tipping the Balance of Behavior

Researchers discover antagonistic neuron populations in the amygdala of mice which controls whether the animals engage in social behavior or asocial repetitive self grooming.

This image shows a brain slice of a mouse hippocampus.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 4, 2014·4 min read

Scientists Reveal Complexity in the Brain’s Wiring Diagram

Researchers report the brain's wiring is more complex that previously thought.

This image shows neurons from a mouse motor cortex, stained green.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·August 27, 2014·4 min read

Study Shows How Movement Affects Hearing

Using a combination of techniques, researcher reveal how the motor cortex can suppress activity in the auditory cortex.

This image shows the blue light shining againsts a dark background.

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·August 24, 2014·4 min read

Driving Brain Rhythm Makes Mice More Sensitive to Touch

Using optogenetics, researchers endow mice with greater touch sensitivity.

This image shows the habenula region from a D2-eGFP (green) transgenic mouse stained for calbindin (red) and DAPI (blue) to show nuclei.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 21, 2014·3 min read

Scientists Discover Area of Brain Responsible for Exercise Motivation

Researchers report the dorsal medial habenula could control a person's motivation to exercise.

The image shows the outline of a head with lights shooting out from the brain.

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·August 18, 2014·5 min read

Targeted Brain Stimulation Aids Stroke Recovery in Mice

Using optogenetics to stimulate mice brains five days after a stroke helped improve motor control and brain chemistry, researchers report.

The image shows a drawing of two mice with their brains exposed.

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·August 14, 2014·4 min read

Scientists Use Lasers to Control Mouse Brain Switchboard

A new optogenetics study could be a breakthrough in understanding how the TRN influences consciousness.

The image shows the outline of a head with a bright blue brain and lights in the background.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 30, 2014·4 min read

Noninvasive Brain Control

Researchers have developed the first light sensitive molecule which enables neurons to be silenced noninvasively.

This image shows an outline of a body in blue with a bright pink spinal cord.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 26, 2014·4 min read

Controlling Movement with Light

Researchers demonstrate they can control muscle movement by applying optogenetics.

The image shows a 3d rendering of clarified brain imaged from below.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 20, 2014·7 min read

Seeing the Inner Workings of the Brain Made Easier by New Technique

Researchers improve on their original technique for peering into the intact brain.

The image shows two mice and lines representing brain waves.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 19, 2014·6 min read

Scientists Tie Social Behavior to Activity in Specific Brain Circuit

Using optogenetics, researchers link a particular brain circuit to social interaction in mice.

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optogenetics

Sensing Neuronal Activity With Light

Scientists Reveal Complexity in the Brain’s Wiring Diagram

Study Shows How Movement Affects Hearing

Driving Brain Rhythm Makes Mice More Sensitive to Touch

Scientists Discover Area of Brain Responsible for Exercise Motivation

Targeted Brain Stimulation Aids Stroke Recovery in Mice

Scientists Use Lasers to Control Mouse Brain Switchboard

Noninvasive Brain Control

Controlling Movement with Light

Seeing the Inner Workings of the Brain Made Easier by New Technique

AI Body Gap: Why Robots Need “Internal Feelings” to be Safe

Wetware AI: Living Brain Cells Trained to Run Chaos Math

Mapping the Brain’s Internal Stopwatch

Individual Cone Cells Create Our Sharpest Sight

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