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Tools for illuminating brain function make their own light: A variant on the optogenetics technique gives neuroscientists

2015-09-30 01:19:47

Tools for illuminating brain function make their own light: A variant on the optogenetics technique gives neuroscientists the choice of activating neurons with light or an externally supplied chemical.

Source: www.eurekalert.org

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