Illuminating pathogen–host intimacy through optogenetics

Optogenetics: Illuminating Sources of Locomotor Drive

A recent study has used optogenetics to identify the source of excitatory drive for locomotion in zebrafish, revealing unexpected differences in the command signals from hindbrain to spinal cord.

Illuminating neural circuits and behaviour in Caenorhabditis elegans with optogenetics.

The development of optogenetics, a family of methods for using light to control neural activity via light-sensitive proteins, has provided a powerful new set of tools for neurobiology. These techniques have been particularly fruitful for dissecting neural circuits and behaviour in the compact and transparent roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans. Researchers have used optogenetic reagents to manipul...

Optogenetics: illuminating the neural bases of rodent behavior

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Illuminating odors: when optogenetics brings to light unexpected olfactory abilities.

For hundreds of years, the sense of smell has generated great interest in the world literature, oenologists, and perfume makers but less of scientists. Only recently this sensory modality has gained new attraction in neuroscience when original tools issued from physiology, anatomy, or molecular biology were available to decipher how the brain makes sense of olfactory cues. However, this move wa...

Illuminating Atherogenesis Through Mathematical Modeling