Their proposed mapping strategies, outlined in two Nature Neuroscience papers, combine holographic optogenetics, a method to selectively and precisely stimulate or silence specific neuron populations, ...

Researchers have gained new insights into an ion channel from algae. These insights could help optogenetics realize its full potential in the future. Researchers from Bochum and Regensburg have ...

High-resolution extracellular electrophysiology is typically used to record from neurons in order to understand brain function. Combining electrophysiology with optogenetics allows researchers to test ...

University of Rochester researchers have demonstrated a noninvasive method using BL-OG, or bioluminescent optogenetics, that harnesses light to activate neurons in the brain. The ability to regulate ...

Before optogenetics emerged, researchers studying neural signaling relied largely on voltage- and calcium-sensitive dyes, as well as probes designed to detect changes in pH. Combined with the use of ...

Using optogenetics, researchers used pulses of light to prevent seizure-like activity in neurons. This is the first use of optogenetics to modulate seizure activity at the network level in human brain ...