Neatorama Posts Tagged with "Neurons"

Play an Online Game, Contribute to Neuroscience...

Eyewire, an online multiplayer game pioneered by P... ...players to map the three-dimensional structure of neurons in the brain. Every player, in essence, becomes a... ...llness are encoded in the the connections between neurons . Until these pathways can be mapped, the hypothes...

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/19/Play-an-Online-Game-Contribute-to-Neuroscience/

Algae and Light Help Injured Mice Walk Again...

Scientists are working on unconventional methods f... ...working on unconventional methods for controlling neurons in the brain. In one such experiment, a mouse's b... ...n -the mouse had DNA from algae inserted into its neurons , which made them responsive to light. The crucial... ...ing the new genes active...

http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/16/algae-and-light-help-injured-mice-walk-again/