Optogenetics is the new hotness in neuroscience research: It affords the ability to control neurons by shining light on them. We've successfully used it in vivo to record neural activity patterns with ...

Using optogenetics, researchers used pulses of light to prevent seizure-like activity in neurons. This is the first use of optogenetics to modulate seizure activity at the network level in human brain ...

Columbia scientists studying mice have identified specialized neurons that respond to a variety of cues to then instruct the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known ...