Thursday, April 7, 2022

Research Highlight: Tool Uses Light to Inhibit Neural Activity in Mice

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Tool Uses Light to Inhibit Neural Activity in Mice

A drawing of parapinopsin, a photoswitchable GPCR that can be turned on using UV light and turned off using amber light.

Researchers supported by NIH have developed a way to genetically insert a type of light receptor into neurons. The new technique enables the researchers to suppress the neuron's activity using pulses of light.

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