Electronic chip mimics the brain to make memories in a flash RMIT researchers drew inspiration from an emerging tool in biotechnology – optogenetics – to develop a device that replicates the... Read more
The advancement, made possible by tiny photonic implants, could lead to new treatments for cancer, mental disorders It seems like everything is going wireless these days. That now includes e... Read more
A team of neuroscientists and engineers has developed a tiny, implantable device that has potential to help people with bladder problems bypass the need for medication or electronic stimulat... Read more
Research by UA professor reveals a more sophisticated method for delivering light to control neurons in the brain — which could ultimately mean turning off pain receptors or reducing t... Read more
New microscope has more than 100 times larger field of view for studying brain activity A newly developed microscope is providing scientists with a greatly enhanced tool to study how neuro... Read more
Light can be used as an accurate method to control gene expression, shows groundbreaking optogenetics study by University of Colorado, Duke University and University of Helsinki researchers.... Read more
Scientists use light to control the logic networks of a cell New technique illuminates role of previously inaccessible proteins involved in health and disease Proteins are the workhorse mole... Read more
Researchers use optogenetics to produce pain relief by shutting off neurons with light The potential of light as a non-invasive, highly-focused alternative to pain medication was made more a... Read more
Device shown capable of reading and writing neural signals at the spatial and temporal scale of natural brain activity, could eventually serve as “Rosetta Stone” to crack the code on how bra... Read more
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Team from Oxford and Stony Brook first to use optogenetics to control excitation waves in heart cells We depend on electrical waves to regulate the rhythm of our heartbeat. When those signal... Read more
Brown University researchers have created a new type of optoelectronic implantable device to access brain microcircuits, synergizing a technique that enables scientists to control the activi... Read more