In one of his team's first experiments, a light -
sensing gene coded to «turn on» the right side of the motor cortex was put into mice.
Not exact matches
Their neural circuitry was programmed with just 30 «
genes,» elements of software
code that determined how much they
sensed light and how they responded when they did.
Called adenylate cyclase 3 (ADCY3), the
gene codes for a protein known to be related to appetite control and our
sense of smell.