The new century of the brain.

• Autores: Rafael Yuste, George M. Church
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 310, Nº. 3, 2014, págs. 38-45
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses research as of March 2014 into how the brain and conscious thought work, focusing on efforts towards new methods of analyzing neural circuits. Topics include the U.S. Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, the development of techniques such as voltage imaging to perform whole-brain studies of interactions between neurons as a function of perception, and the techniques of optogenetics and optochemistry.