Optogenetics: Controlling the Brain with Light

Optogenetics is a technological advance in the health field, being a scientific technique that uses light to control the brain. Optogenetics has been used in animal brain research and in the treatment of human brain diseases. Thus, it is based on the insertion of light-sensitive proteins, called opsins, into brain cells. Consequently, when exposed to … Continue reading Optogenetics: Controlling the Brain with Light