Simulated fly nerve cord reveals three-neuron circuit that generates walking rhythm
Dynamic simulations of the Drosophila ventral nerve cord connectome identified DNg100 as the strongest driver of rhythmic leg motor activity ...
Tag: optogenetics
Brainstem Neurons in Median Raphe Generate Sleep Drive in Mice
Researchers mapped mouse brain circuits to reveal that median raphe neurons actively generate sleep drive and govern non-rapid eye movement ...
Brief Sensory-to-Motor Signal Surge Predicts Success in Mouse Touch Tasks
A brief, stimulus-triggered feedforward signal from mouse somatosensory to motor cortex predicted task success and conveyed stimulus-selective information.
Optogenetics offers a precise window into neural circuits behind neurodegenerative disease
A new review in Frontiers in Medical Technology surveys how optogenetics has advanced the study of neural circuits in neurodegenerative ...
Light-Based Cochlear Implants Sharpen the Ear’s Frequency Map in Gerbils
In gerbils, multichannel LED-based optical cochlear implants combined with ChReef gene therapy achieved spectrally distinct auditory midbrain activity at clinically ...
Light-Driven Calcium Pulses Reveal How Cells Decode Signaling Timing
Researchers used optogenetic melanopsin stimulation in HeLa cells to show that the timing pattern of light-evoked calcium signaling selectively shapes ...
High-frequency sensory signals get stuck in the thalamus before reaching the cortex
A rat study combining fMRI, optogenetics, and connectivity modeling shows that high-frequency thalamic activation is preserved locally but fails to ...
Sixteen Years of the Brain Prize Reveal How Neuroscience Breakthroughs Take Shape
A review of 16 years of The Brain Prize maps five interacting modes and three trajectories through which modern neuroscience ...
Georg Nagel shares Nobel Prize for pioneering optogenetics
University of Würzburg professor Georg Nagel shares the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that enabled light-based ...
Caudal light stimulation outperforms rostral treatment in injured rats
In a small rat study of cervical spinal cord injury, light-based stimulation below the lesion improved forelimb reaching and axonal-growth ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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