Interview: Ed Boyden on Optogenetics, Neuroscience, and the Future of Neuroengineering
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...using pulses of light. By activating a neuron or set of neurons, you can see how it contributes to behavior...are many examples where you want to activate two sets of neurons and see how different parts of the brain...we can use light to more specifically activate a set of neurons, maybe we could treat patients suffering...this idea been around?
Boyden: Optogenetics is a toolset that lets you turn the electrical activity of neurons...