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November 19, 2009

Stanford’s Dr. Karl Deisseroth Featured in Wired Magazine

by Pasang
in Additional Subject Matter, Neuroscience, Parkinson’s Disease
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Optogenetics is a fairly new scientific field that combines optical stimulation with genetic engineering. According to a recent article in Wired magazine, neuroscientist, psychologist, and MBF Bioscience customer Dr. Karl Deisseroth and his team of researchers at Stanford University are making major optogenetic advancements - the kind that might lead to a cure for Parkinson's Disease. It all began in 1979, when one of the discoverers...

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September 3, 2008

Dendritic Arbor Developement

by Pasang
in Additional Subject Matter, Neuroscience
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One factor that makes a neuron uniquely suited for a particular function is its morphology, including where and how the dendrites extend. The nature of the dendritic arbor affects the connectivity and electrical properties of the neuron, and arbor abnormalities are associated with neurological diseases. Many classification schemes have been based on neuronal morphology but in an article from the December 2007 issue of Neuron,...

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