Sentences with phrase «manipulate brain cell activity»

For instance, autonomous vehicles could eventually prevent tens of thousands of road deaths; optogenetics — using genetic engineering and light to manipulate brain cell activity — could help cure or manage debilitating neurological diseases; and materials like graphene could ensure more people than ever have access to cheap clean water.

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-- To better understand how and why these specialized sub networks are created, researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) have combined electrophysiological and optical approaches to manipulate and monitor neuronal activity at single - cell resolution in intact, functional brain circuits.

For using light to manipulate the activities of brain cells in living animals and for enabling rapid alterations to the genomes of living organisms.

Among these achievements are the development of new techniques for classifying different types of neurons; automated methods for creating wiring diagrams of the connections between cells in the mammalian brain; new ways of recording and manipulating the electrical activity of hundreds, even thousands, of cells simultaneously; and, advanced microscopes that allow researchers to visualize the activity of all the cells in the brains of small animals.