Posted June 17, 2013; 10:30 a.m. by Morgan Kelly, Office of Communications Systems such as a beating heart or a power grid that depend on the synchronized movement of their parts could fall prey to an invisible and… Read More ›
Human Frontier Science Program
Understanding the brain by controlling behavior
Contact: Peter Reuell preuell@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-8070 Harvard University Using precisely-targeted lasers, researchers manipulate neurons in worms’ brains and take control of their behavior In the quest to understand how the brain turns sensory input into behavior, Harvard scientists have crossed a… Read More ›