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Ofer Yizhar
17.09.2025
A new Weizmann Institute technology uncovers a neural mechanism that governs infant-parent bonding – and may help explain emotional...
11.05.2021
New versions of light-sensitive proteins could illuminate the dark corners of our brain’s communication pathways
15.06.2020
A study of mice in a semi-natural setting shows how the hormone oxytocin can amplify aggression as well as friendliness
13.02.2020
How are social cues encoded in our brains – and in the brains of those on the autistic spectrum?
10.01.2019
Dr. Ofer Yizhar has been awarded the Sir Bernard Katz Prize from the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
14.03.2017
Weakening communication between two parts of the brain in mice reduced their fear levels
17.11.2016
A method for switching neurons on and off with light helps pinpoint anxiety neurons in the brain
16.03.2016
Targeting axons uncovers the brain's distance communications
07.10.2015
New research shows that same network of brain cells operates differently in male and female mice
21.01.2015
The Advances in Brain Sciences conference was held at the Weizmann Institute and hosted with the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
