The Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour (CNCB) is a research centre embedded in the stimulating world of the University of Oxford.

Optogenetics

Optogenetics enables genetic targeting and control of specific cells.

The Science

Neurons do not operate in isolation. They function within circuits of often staggering complexity.

News

The Miesenböck group is finding clues to the mystery of sleep in the biophysics of sleep-control neurons.