Noninvasive brain control: New light-sensitive protein enables simpler, more powerful optogenetics
Sunday, June 29, 2014 - 20:00
in Biology & Nature
Engineers have now developed the first light-sensitive molecule that enables neurons to be silenced noninvasively, using a light source outside the skull. This noninvasive approach could pave the way to using optogenetics in human patients to treat epilepsy and other neurological disorders.