Using light to reprogramme the brain’s GPS

Neuroscientists at UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research have used laser beams to “switch on” neurons in mice, providing new insight into the workings of memory and showing how memories underpin the brain’s GPS. Study led by Professor Michael Hausser and Dr Nick Robinson.

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