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May 19, 2021 02:51 pm GMT
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Scientists use light-controlled brain implants to change the social behavior of mice
Optogenetics is a technique that uses light to switch on and off neurons in the brain that have been previously genetically engineered to be light-sensitive.Now, Northwestern University neurobiologist Genia Kozorovitskiy and her colleagues have used optogenetics to control the social behavior of mice. — Read the rest
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