The ability to manipulate the structure and function of promising nanosystems via energy
input and external stimuli is emerging as an attractive paradigm for developing …

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A major challenge in neuroscience is to reliably activate individual neurons, particularly
those in deeper brain regions. Current optogenetic approaches require invasive surgical …

Localizing the sources of stimuli is essential. Most organisms cannot eat, mate, or escape
without knowing where the relevant stimuli originate. For many, if not most, animals, olfaction …

Highlights•The Caenorhabditis elegans motor circuit has a nearly complete connectome.•
Neurogenetic studies are unveiling a rich and complex set of signaling relationships …

Neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans and other nematodes have been thought to lack
classical action potentials. Unexpectedly, we observe membrane potential spikes with …

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans stops feeding and moving during a larval transition
stage called lethargus and following exposure to cellular stressors. These behaviors have …

Over the last decade, there has been much excitement about the use of optogenetic tools to
test whether specific cells, regions, and projection pathways are necessary or sufficient for …

Model organisms usually possess a small nervous system but nevertheless execute a large
array of complex behaviors, suggesting that some neurons are likely multifunctional and …

Modern recording techniques enable large-scale measurements of neural activity in a
variety of model organisms. The dynamics of neural activity shed light on how organisms …