Optogenetics for light control of biological systems

V Emiliani, E Entcheva, R Hedrich… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Optogenetic techniques have been developed to allow control over the activity of selected
cells within a highly heterogeneous tissue, using a combination of genetic engineering and …

Pushing the frontiers: tools for monitoring neurotransmitters and neuromodulators

Z Wu, D Lin, Y Li - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators have a wide range of key roles throughout the
nervous system. However, their dynamics in both health and disease have been challenging …

Recent advances in neurotechnologies with broad potential for neuroscience research

A Vázquez-Guardado, Y Yang, AJ Bandodkar… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Interest in deciphering the fundamental mechanisms and processes of the human mind
represents a central driving force in modern neuroscience research. Activities in support of …

A near-infrared genetically encoded calcium indicator for in vivo imaging

AA Shemetov, MV Monakhov, Q Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
While calcium imaging has become a mainstay of modern neuroscience, the spectral
properties of current fluorescent calcium indicators limit deep-tissue imaging as well as …

Recent advances of nucleic acid-based cancer biomarkers and biosensors

J Zhao, K Xia, P He, G Wei, X Zhou, X Zhang - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nucleic acid-based cancer biomarkers (NABCBs) have emerged as a notable and
continuously captivating research focal point within the domain of oncology. As a result …

From synapses to circuits, astrocytes regulate behavior

KA Lyon, NJ Allen - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes are non-neuronal cells that regulate synapses, neuronal circuits, and behavior.
Astrocytes ensheath neuronal synapses to form the tripartite synapse where astrocytes …

Advanced imaging and labelling methods to decipher brain cell organization and function

D Choquet, M Sainlos, JB Sibarita - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
The brain is arguably the most complex organ. The branched and extended morphology of
nerve cells, their subcellular complexity, the multiplicity of brain cell types as well as their …

Disposable paper-based biosensors for the point-of-care detection of hazardous contaminations—A review

MM Bordbar, A Sheini, P Hashemi, A Hajian, H Bagheri - Biosensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The fast detection of trace amounts of hazardous contaminations can prevent serious
damage to the environment. Paper-based sensors offer a new perspective on the world of …

Characterizing cortex-wide dynamics with wide-field calcium imaging

C Ren, T Komiyama - Journal of Neuroscience, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
The brain functions through coordinated activity among distributed regions. Wide-field
calcium imaging, combined with improved genetically encoded calcium indicators, allows …

Advanced near‐infrared light approaches for neuroimaging and neuromodulation

H Yin, W Jiang, Y Liu, D Zhang, F Wu, Y Zhang, C Li… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Almost all physiological processes of animals are controlled by the brain, including
language, cognitive, memory, learning, emotion and so forth. Minor brain dysfunction usually …