Neurotechniques
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April 2007
Singing in the brain
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Researchers generate genomic tools to help identify genes in the songbird brain.
Original research paper: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104, 6834-6839 (2007)
Imaging the forest and the trees
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A microscopy technique from 1903 visualizes individual neurons in the context of the whole brain.
Original research paper: Nature Methods 4, 331-336 (2007)
Clap on! Clap off!
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Different wavelengths of light stimulate and inhibit neurons expressing complementary light-activated proteins.
Original research paper: Nature 446, 633-639 (2007)
What your friends say about you
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Researchers identify disease-associated genes by searching a protein interactome for related proteins that are associated with similar disease phenotypes.
Original research paper: Nature Biotechnology 25, 309-315 (2007)