Optogenetics

Millisecond-timescale, genetically targeted optical control of neural activity

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Genetically targeted channelrhodopsin enabled millisecond-scale optical control of mammalian neuronal activity.

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    Genetically targeted channelrhodopsin enabled millisecond-scale optical control of mammalian neuronal activity.

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Edward S Boyden, Feng Zhang, Ernst Bamberg, Georg Nagel, Karl Deisseroth