Tag: optogenetics August 18, 2021 Creed honored for research involving mood, chronic pain, substance useNeuroscientist receives award from Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.National Leaders April 2, 2019 Washington People: Robert GereauScientist working to identify, reverse causes of chronic pain.Washington People January 2, 2019 Tiny, implantable device uses light to treat bladder problemsDevice that works in rats has potential to replace electronic stimulators, drugs for pain, incontinence.News Release April 23, 2018 Gereau chosen for Pain Society fellowshipProgram focuses on communication, advocacy for pain care.National Leaders November 15, 2017 Bruchas named Mallinckrodt Professor of AnesthesiologyStudies underpinnings of anxiety, addiction, depression.News Release October 13, 2016 $3.8 million to help explore brain’s circuitry using lightResearchers aim to understand how brain is wired.News Release November 12, 2015 How salmon switch on infrared vision when swimming upstreamSource: The Atlantic November 9, 2015 Implantable wireless devices trigger — and may block — pain signalsEventual goal is to use the implants as a ‘switch’ to turn off pain signals before they reach the brain.News Release November 5, 2015 Freshwater fish, amphibians supercharge their ability to see infrared lightFindings could lead to advances in optogenetics, a new field in which light is used to control the firing of neurons in the brain.News Release Posts navigation