Tag Archive for 'Optogenetics'

Farmer et al used genetic techniques to make glowing brain cells or rendered them sensitive to laser light to alter their activity; these brain cells are now thought to coordinate activity across the cardiovascular system. Image credit: Farmer et al, doi: 10.1113/JP277661.

Researchers Find Blood Flow Command Center in Brain

May 20, 2019 by News Staff

A research team led by Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health and Macquarie University scientists has discovered a group of cells in the...

Image of a pair of engram (mCherry+) and nonengram (mCherry–) cells in the hippocampal dentate gyrus. Image credit: Tomás J. Ryan et al.

Neuroscientists Reactivate ‘Lost’ Memories in Mice

Jun 1, 2015 by News Staff

According to a group of researchers led by Prof Susumu Tonegawa from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, memories that have been lost as a result of...