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The laser can't be aimed at an individual neuron; it is aimed at a cluster of neurons. Besides, activating a single neuron will strongly activate the neurons i
by troyastorino 15y ago
The laser can't be aimed at an individual neuron; it is aimed at a cluster of neurons. Besides, activating a single neuron will strongly activate the neurons it has strong synaptic connections to. The key here is that an individual cluster of neurons is directly correlated with an individual memory.
- polyfractal 15y agoI don't know if it was used in this paper, but you can obtain single-neuron targeting using two-photon microscopy.