A history of optogenetics: the development of tools for controlling brain circuits with light

Understanding how different kinds of neuron in the brain work together to implement sensations, feelings, thoughts, and movements, and how deficits in specific kinds of neuron result in brain diseases, has long been a priority in basic and clinical neuroscience. "Optogenetic" tools are gen...

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Main Author: Boyden, Edward Stuart (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Contributor), McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd., 2011-09-14T13:50:42Z.
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