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Gil Torten January 11, 2021February 25, 2021 Color Vision, Cones, Eye, Opsin, Vision, Visual cortex

A Close Up Look Infographic – #2 – Rods and Cones

How do rods and cones work in the eyes of the animals around us? Learn about the differences between the human eye and the one of the bee, snake… Read More

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Brain Basics Did You Know?Neuroscience Art Sensation and Perception

knowingneurons July 10, 2014March 5, 2017 Brain, Color, Color Blindness, Colorblind, Cone, Dichromat, Eye, Opsin, Photoreceptor, Photoreceptors, Retina, Trichromatic Theory, Vision, Wavelength

Now Available in Trichromatic Color!

“What is color?” What a good question! The answer is a bit tricky, but it starts with light. Color is the visual perception of different wavelengths of light reflecting off… Read More

Neuro News Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Kate Fehlhaber February 4, 2013March 5, 2017 2013, Channelrhodopsin, Epilepsy, Halorhodopsin, Ivan Soltesz, Nature Communications, On-demand optogenetic control of spontaneous seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy, Opsin, Optogenetics, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, TLE, UCI

Stopping seizures is as simple as turning on a light (and some genetics)

What if you change your mind with the flip of a light switch? Over the past decade, optogenetics has become an important component of neuroscience research. By introducing genes that… Read More