Lasers Used To Induce Gamma Brain Waves In Mice

Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 18:35 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have studied high-frequency brain waves, known as gamma oscillations, for more than 50 years, believing them crucial to consciousness, attention, learning and memory. Now, for the first time, researchers have found a way to induce these waves by shining laser light directly onto the brains of mice.

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