Researchers at the University of Geneva, together with colleagues in Switzerland, France, the United States and Israel, describe how optogenetic control of brain cells and circuits is already steering ...

A project at MIT has investigated whether optogenetics could be a better way to drive muscle contraction in clinical treatments than traditional electrical stimulation. Published in Science Robotics, ...

Fiber-optic technology revolutionized the telecommunications industry and may soon do the same for brain research. A group of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis in both the McKelvey ...

The Ultima 2Pplus All-Optical Multiphoton System combines high resolution, deep imaging capability, speed, and operational flexibility, enabling researchers to efficiently perform simultaneous imaging ...

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.

Scientists have long struggled with how to study the gut's vast nervous system — often called the body's 'second brain' — without damaging it. Current research methods are invasive and often require ...

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Fraunhofer IPMS) and the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Natural Sciences (MPI-NAT) have designed novel optical ...