We next used the standard three-chamber assay to evaluate the sociability of these mice three days after the initial social training experiments. Consistent with findings from the initial social ...

“Our team has created a transgenic mouse model where we can activate specific nerves in the hind paws using blue light.” Researchers at the University of Ottawa have made a significant advancement in ...

This important study combines optogenetic manipulations and wide-field imaging to show that the retrosplenial cortex controls behavioral responses to whisker deflection in a context-dependent manner.

Is too much activity bad for the brain? Stimulated neurons secrete Aβ, and the most metabolically active areas of the brain succumb first to Alzheimer’s pathology. These findings have led to the idea ...

A minimally invasive optogenetic technique that does not require brain implants successfully manipulated the activity of neurons in mice and monkeys, researchers report April 29th in the journal ...

A KAIST research team led by Professor Won Do Heo (Department of Biological Sciences) has developed an optogenetic platform, RELISR (REversible LIght-induced Store and Release), that enables precise ...

Researchers at the University of Geneva, together with colleagues in Switzerland, France, the United States and Israel, describe how optogenetic control of brain cells and circuits is already steering ...

Ilana Witten didn’t set out to study spatial learning. She thought she was investigating how mice socialize — but she discovered that in mouse brains, the social and the spatial are inextricably ...

Soft and flexible: The optoelectronic implant containing a micro-LED array is inserted over the surface of the spinal cord. (Credit: Jimmy Ravier) Optogenetics – a technique that uses light to control ...

Researchers have made a significant advancement in the field of spinal cord injury research, developing a novel optogenetic mouse model that could lead to improved treatments for limb spasticity.

A minimally invasive optogenetic technique that does not require brain implants successfully manipulated the activity of neurons in mice and monkeys, researchers report. The researchers first ...