Random

optogenetics

Featured Neuroscience

·October 22, 2015·5 min read

How the Brain Multitasks

A new study hones in on the TRN as an area of the brain that could be responsible for multitasking.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·April 19, 2018·5 min read

Connection Between Dopamine and Behavior Related to Pain and Fear

Using optogenetics, researchers have identified a causal association between dopamine and avoidance behavior linked to pain and fear.

Image of an outline of a head with blue lines.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 6, 2015·4 min read

New Ray of Light for Epilepsy Research

Researchers believe a new technique tested on flies could be applied to humans to stop epilepsy in its tracks, if treated early enough.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·October 8, 2012·2 min read

Discovery of Gatekeeper Nerve Cells Explains the Effect of Nicotine on Learning and Memory

Researchers discovered a new group of nerve cells that regulate processes of learning and memory. These cells act as gatekeepers and carry a receptor for nicotine, which can help explain our ability to remember and sort information. The newly discovered gatekeeper nerve cells, also called OLM-alpha2 cells, provide an explanation to how the flow of information is controlled in the hippocampus.

The image shows a light beam shining onto a neuron.

Featured Psychology

·June 6, 2013·4 min read

Compulsive No More

Researchers use optogenetics to control compulsive behavior in mice. The results could help to develop new treatments such as OCD and Tourette's syndrome.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 30, 2021·4 min read

Controlling Brain Circuits, Behavior, and Emotion Using Light

A newly developed system dubbed Opto-vTrap can temporarily trap vesicles from being released from brain cells.

This diagram shows how the molecule helps to image synapses

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 9, 2021·4 min read

New “Molecular” Tool Helps Shed Light on Individual Synapses in Brain Cells

A newly developed light-activated protein allows researchers to study single synapses of a neuron.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Videos

·September 26, 2017·4 min read

Overturning the Theory of Tremors in Parkinson’s

KAIST researchers have identified a new mechanism that causes tremors associated with Parkinson's disease. The findings, researchers say, overturn long standing assumptions about how tremors occur in Parkinson's disease.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 4, 2018·4 min read

New Optical Probe Allows Ultrafast Imaging of Dopamine in the Brain

Researchers have developed new fluorescence sensors that are able to record dopamine activity in the living brain. The tool will help further understanding of dopamine's role in reward and motivation.

Featured Neuroscience

·February 18, 2021·7 min read

Light and Genetic Probes Untangle Dynamics of Brain Blood Flow

Researchers use two-photon imaging and optogenetics to isolate and study brain capillaries in animal models.

Genetics Neuroscience

·October 18, 2010·2 min read

Neurobiologists Genetically Engineer Mice to Smell Light

Neurobiologists have genetically engineered mice to smell light. This optogenetics research provides a better understanding of the neural basis of...

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·June 1, 2026·11 min read

Neuropixels Opto Probe Rewrites Brain Data

A new study introduces Neuropixels Opto, an ultra-thin silicon probe narrower than a human hair capable of simultaneously monitoring and manipulating hundreds of individual neurons deep within the brain.

1 2 3 4 5 … 26

optogenetics

How the Brain Multitasks

Connection Between Dopamine and Behavior Related to Pain and Fear

New Ray of Light for Epilepsy Research

Discovery of Gatekeeper Nerve Cells Explains the Effect of Nicotine on Learning and Memory

Compulsive No More

Controlling Brain Circuits, Behavior, and Emotion Using Light

New “Molecular” Tool Helps Shed Light on Individual Synapses in Brain Cells

Overturning the Theory of Tremors in Parkinson’s

New Optical Probe Allows Ultrafast Imaging of Dopamine in the Brain

Light and Genetic Probes Untangle Dynamics of Brain Blood Flow

Neurobiologists Genetically Engineer Mice to Smell Light

Neuropixels Opto Probe Rewrites Brain Data

Resetting Interneuron Timing Rescues Memory in Alzheimer’s

Boosting Wnt Signaling Reverses APOE4 Alzheimer’s Damage

How Stress Reactivates Arthritis

Reading Fiction Can Rewire Real-World Forgiveness and Empathy

Subscribe