Neuroscience
What color is your night light? It may affect your mood
When it comes to some of the health hazards of light at night, a new study suggests that the color of the light can make a big difference.
Aug 6, 2013
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News tagged with light sensitive cells
Health
The new field of sonogenetics uses sound waves to control the behavior of brain cells
What if you didn't need surgery to implant a pacemaker on a faulty heart? What if you could control your blood sugar levels without an injection of insulin, or mitigate the onset of a seizure without even pushing a button?
Aug 12, 2019
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Medical research
An 'off' switch for pain: Chemists build light-controlled neural inhibitor
Pain? Just turn it off! It may sound like science fiction, but researchers based in Munich, Berkeley and Bordeaux have now succeeded in inhibiting pain-sensitive neurons on demand, in the laboratory. The crucial element in ...
Feb 22, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates in photoreceptor and retinal ganglion cells of human retinal organoids
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus does not only cause infections of the respiratory tract. Other organ systems, such as the nervous system, can also be affected. In fact, SARS-CoV-2 mRNA has been detected in the brain in autopsies ...
Mar 25, 2022
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Ophthalmology
Easy, effective therapy to restore sight: Engineered virus will improve gene therapy for blinding eye diseases
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed an easier and more effective method for inserting genes into eye cells that could greatly expand gene therapy to help restore sight to patients with blinding ...
Jun 12, 2013
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Medical research
Light-triggered therapies work better together than separately against triple-negative breast cancer
Two University of Delaware researchers have developed a new approach to attack cancer, using two light-activated treatments that appear to be more effective together than when applied independently. More research is needed, ...
Mar 12, 2019
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Neuroscience
Researchers map early visual processing between the retina and the brain
How are the images cast on the retina reassembled in the brain? Researchers in Munich and Tuebingen find that processing of visual stimuli occurs at the earliest waystation on the way to the visual cortex—but not all inputs ...
Feb 22, 2019
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Neuroscience
AAQ chemical makes blind mice see; compound holds promise for treating humans
A team of University of California, Berkeley, scientists in collaboration with researchers at the University of Munich and University of Washington in Seattle has discovered a chemical that temporarily restores some vision ...
Jul 25, 2012
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Neuroscience
Scientists reveal mysteries of the brain
The human brain, a 3-pound organ and source of symphonies, mathematics, politics, hate and crime, is often hailed as the most complex biological entity in the known universe.
Dec 8, 2015
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Medical research
Hybrid chemical / genetic therapy restores light sensitivity to retina in blind mice, dogs
A new genetic therapy helped blind mice and dogs regain some sensitivity to light - enough for the mice to distinguish flashing from non-flashing lights - setting the stage for future clinical trials in humans.
Dec 8, 2014
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