Closed-Loop
Optogenetics
Methods
Random
100

What real-world device is used as an analogy for a closed loop system?

What is a thermostat?

100

What is an opsin?

What is a light-sensitive protein that can activate or silence neurons?

100

What chemical was injected into the mouse hippocampus to induce epilepsy?


What is kainic acid?

100

What sport(s) does Professor Ahmad advise?

What is cricket and squash?

200

What three things did the EEG monitor?

What is power, spikes, frequency?

200

What color light activates HR in this study?

What is Amber?

200

What part of the brain did they inject KA into?

What is hippocampus?

200

Where did Professor Ahmad obtain his PhD?

What is University of Notre Dame

300

What does a closed-loop system do? 

What is it senses brain activity and only responds when a seizure begins?

300

What does halorhodopsin (HR) do when light activates it?

What is it inhibits excitatory neurons?
300

What is the small cable that carries light into the brain?

What is the optical fiber?

300

What is Professor Ahmad's Title?

Professor of Biology and Dr. Charles C. and Pamela W. Leighton Research Fellow; Chair of WGSS.