Now, the team has published a new paper that demonstrates how these proteins can be used as tools to regulate the activity of individual neurons in the brain through changes in temperature. (sciencedaily.com)
They do this by looking at the electrical activity of individual neurons in a live mammal brain to build a bigger picture of its function as a whole organ. (sciencedaily.com)
Next the researchers showed these images to monkeys while recording the electrical activity from individual neurons in three separate face patches. (scientificamerican.com)