Researchers developed an advanced AI system named YORU that can identify specific animal behaviors with over 90% accuracy ...

Optogenetics has ignited a revolution in neuroscience. Although this decree may sound like hype, researchers in the field disagree, saying the technique is allowing them to understand brain function ...

DBS with Nanoparticle-Based Optogenetics Modifies Behavior in Mice Researchers develop a new technique to selectively activate neurons deep in the rodent brain, taking a step toward noninvasive brain ...

Please can you give an introduction to optogenetics? How was this technology inspired by psychiatry? Optogenetics is a way of introducing information into the brain using light, it targets specific ...

Optogenetics has long been a powerful experimental tool, but a growing body of research suggests it may now be approaching a point where it could reshape how neurological disorders are treated.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New technology like optogenetics, which uses the application of light to genetically modify target cells, offers ...

Optogenetics has greatly enlarged the scope of neuroscience by making possible the study of particular neural circuit components in both normal and diseased states. Credit: ktsdesign/ Shutterstock.com ...

Editor’s Note: Leonard Mlodinow is the author, most recently of, “Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior.” He teaches at California Institute of Technology. The hottest field in ...

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 ...