{
  "id": 2000764,
  "title": "Turning brain neurons on and off with light: A reversible synaptic switch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/turning-brain-neurons-on-and-off-with-light-a-reversible-synaptic",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T19:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-brain-neurons-reversible-synaptic.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A research team led by Professor Ji Won Um of the Center for Synapse Diversity and Specificity, Department of Brain Sciences, DGIST, in collaboration with a team led by Professor Alice Ting at Stanford University, has developed LATeNT, a novel optical control platform that uses light to block signal transmission between neurons and subsequently restore normal signaling. The work is published in…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}