Neuropixels

Recent articles

Research image of red and blue light emitted from the Neuropixels Opto probe.

‘Perturb and record’ optogenetics probe aims precision spotlight at brain structures

The tool provides a new way to characterize cells and study neuronal circuits.

By Claudia López Lloreda
29 April 2025 | 4 min read
Mock-up of the Neuropixels probe inserted into brain tissue.

Tracking single neurons in the human brain reveals new insight into language and other human-specific functions

Better technologies to stably monitor cell populations over long periods of time make it possible to study neural coding and dynamics in the human brain.

By Edward Chang, Jason Chung
28 April 2025 | 7 min read

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Research image of duplicated data in a now-retracted paper.

Alzheimer’s scientist forced to retract paper during his own replication effort

Gary Dunbar, a neuroscientist at Central Michigan University, was attempting to redo the 2020 paper after a collaborator admitted to using flawed data in the original work.

By Brendan Borrell
18 July 2025 | 4 min read