Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators have a wide range of key roles throughout the
nervous system. However, their dynamics in both health and disease have been challenging …

Tethered and battery-powered devices that interface with neural tissues can restrict natural
motions and prevent social interactions in animal models, thereby limiting the utility of these …

Interest in deciphering the fundamental mechanisms and processes of the human mind
represents a central driving force in modern neuroscience research. Activities in support of …

In the basal ganglia (BG), anatomically segregated and topographically organized
feedforward circuits are thought to modulate multiple behaviors in parallel. Although …

Integration of plasmonic nanostructures with fiber‐optics‐based neural probes enables label‐
free detection of molecular fingerprints via surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) …

Optogenetic modulation of brain neural activity that combines optical and electrical modes in
a unitary neural system has recently gained robust momentum. Controlling illumination …

This article discusses recent advances in biocompatible and biodegradable polymer optical
fiber (POF) for medical applications. First, the POF material and its optical properties are …

Fiber photometry is a key technique for characterizing brain-behavior relationships in vivo.
Initially, it was primarily used to report calcium dynamics as a proxy for neural activity via …

The past decade has witnessed remarkable advances in the simultaneous measurement of
neuronal activity across many brain regions, enabling fundamentally new explorations of the …

Neurotransmitters, as important chemical small molecules, perform the function of neural
signal transmission from cell to cell. Excess concentrations of neurotransmitters are often …