Brain research gets a boost from mosquitos

(Weizmann Institute of Science) Prof. Ofer Yizhar and his team in the Weizmann Institute of Science's Neurobiology Department took a light-sensitive protein derived from mosquitos and used it to devise an improved method for investigating the messages that are passed from neuron to neuron in the brains of mice.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news