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"Technos et humain" depuis Chambéry
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Kurzweil : "Mapping connections of single neurons using a holographic light beam

Kurzweil : "Mapping connections of single neurons using a holographic light beam | Ce monde à inventer ! | Scoop.it

Kurzweil 13/11/17 : "Researchers at MIT and Paris Descartes University have developed a technique for precisely mapping connections of individual neurons for the first time by triggering them with holographic laser light. The technique is based on optogenetics ; it's using light to stimulate or silence light-sensitive genetically modified protein molecules called “opsins” that are embedded in specific neurons) |...]. The new technique stimulates only the soma (body) of the neuron, not its connections...


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Kurzweil : "Allen Institute | Highest-resolution map of the entire human brain created

Kurzweil : "Allen Institute | Highest-resolution map of the entire human brain created | Ce monde à inventer ! | Scoop.it

Kurzweil : "The Allen Institute for Brain Science has published the highest-resolution atlas of the human brain to date in a stand-alone issue of the Journal of Comparative Neurology. This digital human brain atlas allows researchers to investigate the structural basis of human brain function and is freely available as part of the suite of Allen Brain Atlas tools...


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