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 genetically e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyden, Edward Stuart
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65828
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0419-3351