Controlling Neuronal Activity.

The writers discuss a new technology, optogenetics, which makes it possible to turn neuronal activity on and off in distinct neuronal populations. They comment on the processes used in optogenetics and the application of the technology. The argue that current preclinical studies using optogenetics...

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Published in:American Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 165; no. 5; pp. 562 - 563
Main Authors: Schneider, M. Bret, Gradinaru, Viviana, Zhang, Feng, Deisseroth, Karl
Format: Article
Published: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. May 2008
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