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The Use of Light Waves to Visualize and Stimulate the Human Brain

September 9, 2014 by 2012pharmaceutical

The Use of Light Waves to Visualize and Stimulate the Human Brain

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

 

A new way to understand the human brain: Interview

By Viviana Gradinaru

Sep 2 2014

Cutting edge techniques that use light waves to visualize and stimulate the brain could offer hope for sufferers of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, as well as pushing forward the frontiers of how we understand the human mind. Viviana Gradinaru, a World Economic Forum Young Scientist, discusses the technology.

Video footage from your research shows a mouse with a fiberoptic cable connected to its brain. When you shine a blue light down the cable, the mouse runs around in circles. When you switch off the light, the mouse stops. What’s happening?

FULL ARTICLE

http://forumblog.org/2014/09/interview-shining-light-brains-work/

 

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