Thursday, November 29, 2012

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: A 3-D Optogenetics Chip Developed At The MIT Media Lab Promises Better Control Of The Brain

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
A 3-D Optogenetics Chip Developed At The MIT Media Lab Promises Better Control Of The Brain
Nov 29th 2012, 14:07

Optogenetics, which pairs light-sensitive genes with a light source to selectively switch brain cells on or off, has shown promise as a research tool and a potential therapy. But the technology mostly delivers light to one spot, whereas brain activity usually involves complex sequences of activation in different locations. A new device takes optogenetics into three dimensions, with the ability to send patterns of light to neurons at various coördinates in the brain.

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