optogenetics

How Lasting Memories Form In The Brain

The cells responsible for long-term memories are formed the prefrontal cortex during the initial experience and gradually strengthen over time.

Appetite-Controlling Brain Circuit May Help Explain Stress Eating

Scientists have found that diametric brain circuits switch feeding and drinking behaviors on and off in mice.

Where The Brain Stores A Familiar Face

Have we met somewhere before? Let me check the memories inside my ventral hippocampus.

Five Beautiful Quotes from Asian Scientists (VIDEO)

From waxing lyrical about the hope of life, to boldly lauding the potential of the Asian market, who knew scientists could be such poets?

Pressing Pause On Cell Membrane Movement

Researchers have developed an optogenetic process that stops cell membrane movements for observation purposes, akin to pressing a pause button.

Lost Memories Retrieved With Optogenetics

Stimulating brain cells with light helps to restore memories in mice that had Alzheimer's disease-associated memory loss.

How Social Experiences Shape The Sex Lives Of Flies

Male fruit flies with the fru mutation are hypersensitive to visual sexual stimulation, but only if they were raised in groups.

Light, G-Proteins, Action! The Script For Optical Nerve Healing

The combination of light-activated neuronal activity and enhanced G-protein signaling has been shown to help re-grow damaged axons in mice.

The Unassuming Revolutionary

Asian Scientist Magazine catches up with the inventor of optogenetics and CRISPR gene editing, Zhang Feng.