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Optogenetics
Optogenetics: is a method that uses light to modulate molecular events in a targeted manner in living cells or organisms. It relies on the use of genetically-encoded proteins that change conformation in the presence of light to alter cell behaviour, for example, by changing the membrane voltage potential of excitable cells.
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MAY 01, 2017Genetics & Genomics
The first low-cost, easy-to-use optogenetics hardware platform will let biologists who have little or no training in eng ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 22, 2017Neuroscience
It happens at a microscopic level, but learning and processing memories impacts the structure of neurons on the brain. I ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 26, 2016Videos
By targeting neurons in the brain of a mouse with a laser, scientists can manipulate the behavior of that mouse. By usin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have described a new kind of probe that improves investigators’ abilities to monitor the interactions o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2016Cardiology
Beams of light can replace painful electric shocks to restore normal heartbeat in people suffering from potentially fata ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)SEP 13, 2016Cardiology
An international team of scientists is on the cutting edge of a new treatment for cardiac arrhythmia that uses light bea ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 02, 2016Cardiology
"The level of precision is reminiscent of what one can do in a computer model, except here it was done in real hear ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 16, 2016Videos
Scientists working in collaboration at Harvard, Stanford and Sogang Universities were inspired by batoid fish such as st ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2016Cardiology
Newly developed drugs can take 7-10 years to be approved in the United States, and that does not account for the many ye ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 12, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Not unlike technology straight out of science fiction, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have develop ...MAR 16, 2016Neuroscience
Chemogenetics and especially optogenetics have been game-changers in neuroscience research. By providing precise control ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
As you start across the street, out of the corner of your eye, you spot something moving toward you. Instantly, your bra ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 27, 2016Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire. ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 06, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Cocaine is the most powerful stimulant with natural origins. Once addicted to the drug, few users are able to quit succe ...NOV 25, 2015Neuroscience
A fruit fly is a pretty tiny bug. They buzz around old bananas making a buzzing pest of themselves and don’t offer ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 22, 2015Neuroscience
Another myth busted by science. Most people have probably heard that different parts of the tongue can sense different t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 18, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The human brain may not look like much, composed of about three pounds of soft mushy matter. But we all know that our br ...SEP 30, 2015Neuroscience
Memory is an amazing thing. The brain has to process so much information that comes in, decode it and then store it some ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 19, 2015Neuroscience
Using light to remotely activate drugs could be the next big thing in treating pain, depression, epilepsy and other neur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 29, 2015Neuroscience
One of the bigger questions in the field of neuroscience has been whether the amnesia that results from Alzheimer's or t ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 15, 2015Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 24, 2015Cancer
The simple act of thinking can accelerate the growth of many brain tumors.That's the conclusion of a paper in Cell publi ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 12, 2015Neuroscience
In a study that helps to deconstruct how olfaction is encoded in the brain, neuroscientists at University of California, ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAY 01, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
The first low-cost, easy-to-use optogenetics hardware platform will let biologists who have little or no training in eng
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 22, 2017
Neuroscience
It happens at a microscopic level, but learning and processing memories impacts the structure of neurons on the brain. I
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 26, 2016
Videos
By targeting neurons in the brain of a mouse with a laser, scientists can manipulate the behavior of that mouse. By usin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have described a new kind of probe that improves investigators’ abilities to monitor the interactions o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2016
Cardiology
Beams of light can replace painful electric shocks to restore normal heartbeat in people suffering from potentially fata
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 13, 2016
Cardiology
An international team of scientists is on the cutting edge of a new treatment for cardiac arrhythmia that uses light bea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 02, 2016
Cardiology
"The level of precision is reminiscent of what one can do in a computer model, except here it was done in real hear
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 16, 2016
Videos
Scientists working in collaboration at Harvard, Stanford and Sogang Universities were inspired by batoid fish such as st
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2016
Cardiology
Newly developed drugs can take 7-10 years to be approved in the United States, and that does not account for the many ye
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 12, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Not unlike technology straight out of science fiction, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have develop
...
MAR 16, 2016
Neuroscience
Chemogenetics and especially optogenetics have been game-changers in neuroscience research. By providing precise control
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
As you start across the street, out of the corner of your eye, you spot something moving toward you. Instantly, your bra
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 27, 2016
Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cocaine is the most powerful stimulant with natural origins. Once addicted to the drug, few users are able to quit succe
...
NOV 25, 2015
Neuroscience
A fruit fly is a pretty tiny bug. They buzz around old bananas making a buzzing pest of themselves and don’t offer
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 22, 2015
Neuroscience
Another myth busted by science. Most people have probably heard that different parts of the tongue can sense different t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 18, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The human brain may not look like much, composed of about three pounds of soft mushy matter. But we all know that our br
...
SEP 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory is an amazing thing. The brain has to process so much information that comes in, decode it and then store it some
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Using light to remotely activate drugs could be the next big thing in treating pain, depression, epilepsy and other neur
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 29, 2015
Neuroscience
One of the bigger questions in the field of neuroscience has been whether the amnesia that results from Alzheimer's or t
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Deadly brain tumors called high-grade gliomas grow with the help of nerve activity in the cerebral cortex, according to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 24, 2015
Cancer
The simple act of thinking can accelerate the growth of many brain tumors.That's the conclusion of a paper in Cell publi
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 12, 2015
Neuroscience
In a study that helps to deconstruct how olfaction is encoded in the brain, neuroscientists at University of California,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider