The invention of optogenetics (combination of genetic and optical methods) controls brain signaling and provides hope for a new treatment for neurological disorders such as Parkinson's.
Parkinson’s Disease - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease caused by progressive dopamine brain cells loss. Symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are correctable to an extent.
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease caused by progressive dopamine brain cells loss. Symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are correctable to an extent.
Part of a systematic approach to neuroscience that is empowering new therapeutic strategies for neurological and psychiatric disorders, optogenetic tools are widely accepted as one of the technical advances of the decade, and could one day be used to treat neurological disorders such as Parkinsons.
The study was published in the May 2011 issue of F1000 Biology Reports.
Quiz on Brain
The human brain is exquisitely intrinsic and is the seat of all emotions. If you are curious about what makes you bad, sad, silly or glad this quiz on the brain will satiate you.
The human brain is exquisitely intrinsic and is the seat of all emotions. If you are curious about what makes you bad, sad, silly or glad this quiz on the brain will satiate you.
Optogenetics Used to Effectively Stimulate Muscle Movement in Mice by Stanford Scientists
Light was used by Stanford University researchers to induce normal patterns of muscle contraction, in a study involving bioengineered mice
Light was used by Stanford University researchers to induce normal patterns of muscle contraction, in a study involving bioengineered mice
