New: Discoveries
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A multimodal micro-optrode – blog post on openoptogeneticsblog.org
Read A multimodal micro-optrode – a blog post in openoptogenetics about the multimodal micro-optrodes developed by Yoann Lechasseur, Suzie Dufour and the rest of the YDK lab team and collaborators: http://openoptogeneticsblog.org/?p=550 The post discusses two papers A microprobe for parallel optical and electrical recordings from single neurons in vivo Nature Methods 8, 319–325 (2011) doi:10.1038/nmeth.1572 by Yoan…
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Uncovering how morphine increases pain in some people
Recent discoveries published in Nature Neuroscience “identifies a molecular pathway by which morphine can increase pain, and suggests potential new ways to make morphine effective for more patients” says Yves De Koninck, senior author of the paper. The research not only identifies a target pathway to suppress morphine-induced pain but teases apart the pain hypersensitivity caused…
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Top 10 discoveries of the year 2011 Québec Science
Research leading to the development of a micro-optrode allowing optical and electrical recording from a single neuron in vivo was recognized as one of the top 10 discoveries of the year by Québec Science. Congratulations to Yoann Lechasseur and the whole team! http://www.quebecscience.qc.ca/les-10-decouvertes-2011/1-Lumiere-sur-les-neurones Original research article: LeChasseur Y, Dufour S, Lavertu G, Bories C, Deschênes M, Vallée…
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New method to measure protein interactions in vivo
In two articles published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (PNAS), Yves De Koninck, Jean-Martin Beaulieu, Paul Wiseman and their teams describe a new technique, spatial intensity distribution analysis, to study protein-protein interactions in intact tissue by optical microscopy. Read an article about this discovery in Le Fil – Université Laval – La valse des…