{"id":25485,"date":"2024-07-31T10:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T04:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25485"},"modified":"2025-04-07T18:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:48:33","slug":"nano-mind-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nano-mind-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Nano-MIND Technology?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Nano-MIND Technology:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nano-MIND (<strong>Magnetogenetic Interface for NeuroDynamics<\/strong>) technology, opens up new possibilities for understanding and manipulating complex brain functions such as cognition, emotion, and motivation.<\/li>\n<li>It allows <strong>for wireless<\/strong>, <strong>remote, and precise modulation<\/strong> of specific deep brain neural circuits using magnetism.<\/li>\n<li>This innovative approach leverages <strong>magnetic fields and magnetized nanoparticles<\/strong> to selectively activate targeted brain circuits, offering a significant advancement over existing methods of brain manipulation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highlights of the research<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The research team demonstrated the technology&#8217;s capabilities by activating specific neurons in different brain regions of mice.<\/li>\n<li>One notable achievement was the activation of <strong>inhibitory GABA receptors<\/strong> in the medial preoptic area (MPOA), which is responsible for maternal behaviours.<\/li>\n<li>When these neurons were stimulated in non-maternal female mice, the animals exhibited significantly increased nurturing behaviours, mimicking those of maternal mice.<\/li>\n<li>The researchers also successfully regulated feeding behaviours by targeting motivation circuits in the lateral hypothalamus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Activation of inhibitory neurons in this area resulted in a remarkable 100% increase in appetite and feeding behaviours in mice. Conversely, when excitatory neurons were activated, the mice showed a more than 50% reduction in appetite and feeding behaviours.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong> It represents a significant step forward in neuroscience research and could have far-reaching implications for the <strong>development of brain-computer interfaces<\/strong> (BCIs) and the treatment of neurological disorders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What are Neurons?<\/h3>\n<p>These are nerve cells that send messages all over your body to allow you to do everything from breathing to talking, eating, walking, and thinking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/science\/story\/scientists-use-magnetism-to-mind-control-mice-in-rare-worlds-first-experiment-2573762-2024-07-30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scientists use magnetism to mind-control mice in world&#8217;s first experiment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nano-MIND  Technology opens up new possibilities for understanding and manipulating complex brain functions such as cognition, emotion, and motivation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":25486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}