magnetic technology to wirelessly control neural circuits in fruit flies (IMAGE)
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Researchers from Rice University, Duke University, Brown University and Baylor College of Medicine genetically engineered neurons that control the posture of fruit flies to react to signals from a magnetic field. Flies were injected with iron nanoparticles that converted magnetic signals to heat, activating the neurons. An overhead camera filmed how flies behaved when neurons were both inactivated and activated by a magnetic field in their enclosure.
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Figure courtesy of C. Sebesta and J. Robinson/Rice University
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