Millisecond-timescale, Genetically Targeted Optical Control of Neural Activity

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Optogenetics / neuroscience

What it’s about

Boyden et al. using Channelrhodopsin-2 to drive precise spiking in mammalian neurons with light, basically launching modern optogenetics.

My take

not my field, but i owe it for normalizing the phrase “we’ll just shine some light on it” in serious grant applications.