Sentence examples for mice by shining from inspiring English sources

In the current issue of Nature, researchers from M.I.T., Penn and Stanford report that they directly induced gamma waves in mice by shining pulses of laser light through tiny optical fibers onto genetically engineered neurons.

Already they can manipulate the actions of flies and mice by shining a light into their brains.

Using the system known as "optogenetics", he and his colleagues were able to control a particular population of brain cells in the mice, just by shining light through a tiny, implanted optical fibre.

A team of Bio-X researchers at Stanford has developed mice whose sensitivity to pain can be dialed up or down by shining light on their paws.

Nevertheless, by shining a real light into the brains of their mice, they have shone a metaphorical one onto the whole, vexed question of why it is that some people so firmly believe in things that actually did not happen.

Then the researchers tested each mouse's sensitivity to two types of stimuli: touch, which they measured by how quickly the mouse pulled its sore foot off a metal filament; and heat, which they measured by shining a classroom laser pointer on the animal's sore foot and measuring how quickly it pulled that foot away.

In one example, the research team put the production of an antidiabetes peptide in mice under the control of an optogenetic switch, allowing them to regulate glucose levels in the animals just by shining light on them.

A similar pattern may be seen by shining a laser pointer at a compact disc.

It also performs a valuable service by shining a light elsewhere.

New optogenetic technique tools allow neuroscientists to turn on specific neurons simply by shining light on them.

Examine the stone by shining a light on it.