Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain
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- Medical Xpress·8h agoNobel-winning technique uses colored light to help scientists map and control the brain
The brain is unbelievably complicated, which is both daunting and fascinating for neuroscientists like me. In the space of a cubic millimeter—about the size of a single poppy seed—there are tens of thousands of neurons and other brain support cells, all influencing each other's…
Read at Medical Xpress → - The Conversation US·1d agoOptogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain
Optogenetics is illuminating the inner workings of the brain. akinbostanci/iStock via Getty Images Plus The brain is unbelievably complicated, which is both daunting and fascinating for neuroscientists like me. In the space of a cubic millimeter – about the size of a single…
Read at The Conversation US →