Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Rhythmic light flicker rescues hippocampal low gamma and protects ischemic neurons by enhancing presynaptic plasticity

  • Lifeng Zheng,
  • Mei Yu,
  • Rui Lin,
  • Yunxuan Wang,
  • Zhan Zhuo,
  • Ning Cheng,
  • Mengzhen Wang,
  • Yongqiang Tang,
  • Liping Wang,
  • Sheng-Tao Hou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16826-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Brain ischemia has been associated with deficits in neural oscillations. Here in an animal model, the authors show that modulation of low-gamma oscillations using a light flicker can restore low gamma oscillations and protect ischemic neurons.