Optogenetics
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Listen Now
How Do Memories Work?
![Image: Picture of a memory. Blue dots are positive memory cells, and the red dots are negative memory cells. Dots are shown in a pattern with veins. The memories shown here are located in the hippocampus of a mouse.](/files/2022/09/feat-Picture1_copy-636x425.jpg)
Memory Manipulation
Unlocking the Power of Our Emotional Memory
![Neuroscience researcher Steve Ramirez holds a digital diagram of a brain.](/files/2019/09/steve-ramirez-holding-brain-636x424.jpg)
Neuroscience
How Do You Manipulate a Memory?
![This is what a bad memory looks like in a mouse brain. The cells glowing green indicate that they are being activated in storing a fear memory. Credit: Ramirez Group at BU](/files/2019/05/ramirezembargo-636x425.jpg)
Neuroscience
Proof It’s Possible to Enhance or Suppress Memories
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Neurotechnology
NSF Grant Will Advance Study of the Cocktail Party Effect
![Farrukh Mateen, Boston University PhD-candidate in Mechanical Engineering](/files/2016/08/t_research_16-10192-WIRELESS-019-636x425.jpg)
Physics
Building a Wireless Micromachine
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Optogenetics