Turning on the Light (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Turning on the Light

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Researcher Albert Tsao, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, uses a laser light to send a pulse of light into specially altered nerve cells in the rat brain. The light causes the nerve cells to be activated and illuminates the network of cells that communicate with each other.

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Geir Mogen, NTNU

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