Research Articles
Lighting Up the Brain: How Scientists Use Light to Decode Neural Circuits
Explore how optogenetics revolutionizes neuroscience by using light to control specific neurons and decode brain circuits with unprecedented precision.
The Light Switch in Your Brain: How Scientists Re-engineered Nature's Ion Channels to Silence Neurons
How scientists re-engineered channelrhodopsin into a light-gated chloride channel for precise neural inhibition in optogenetics
The Flash Response: How Glowing Flies Reveal the Secrets of Escape Behavior
Exploring how optogenetics in Drosophila reveals neural circuits behind escape behaviors through light-controlled experiments.