Optogenetics: Molecular and Optical Tools for Controlling Life with Light

Optogenetic tools are genetically-encoded reagents that, when targeted to specific brain cells, enable their activity to be controlled by light. These tools are having broad impact on science, and may serve clinical roles as well. 150-word Biography: Ed Boyden is Associate Professor of Biological En...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boyden, Edward
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Optical Society 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96322
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0419-3351