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- 1Stanford's Karl Deisseroth wins Nobel Prize for optogenetics▼Karl Deisseroth: Stanford professor wins Nobel Prize in Medicine for optogenetics, new way to study brain using light
Stanford professor Karl Deisseroth has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control and study brain cells. The method has transformed neuroscience, allowing researchers to switch specific neurons on and off and better understand how circuits in the brain drive behavior, with broad implications for studying conditions like Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and depression.
- 2New paper links epilepsy to multidimensional time theory●Epilepsy and multidimensional time:a perspective inspired by theoretical physics
A Frontiers in Psychology article proposes viewing epilepsy through the lens of multidimensional time, borrowing ideas from theoretical physics. The perspective piece suggests that seizures might be better understood if time is treated as having more than one dimension, offering a speculative framework that bridges physics and neuroscience. Readers are debating whether such cross-disciplinary theorizing can yield testable insights or remains purely conceptual.
- 3Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth explains how light could treat brain disorders▼What is optogenetics? Nobel Prize winner Karl Deisseroth explains how light could help treat brain disorders
Nobel Prize winner Karl Deisseroth explains optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control brain cells. He describes how the method could lead to new treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, depression and epilepsy, offering a way to target specific brain circuits with far greater precision than drugs or electrodes.