RT Journal
A1 Kuehn BM
T1 OPtogenetics illuminates brain function
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2010
FD January 6
VO 303
IS 1
SP 20
OP 20
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.1860
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1860
AB 
Nobelist Francis Crick, the codiscoverer of DNA's structure, said the central challenge in neuroscience is the difficulty of controlling just 1 type of neuron at a time (Crick FHC. Sci Am. 1979;241[3]:219-232). The new technique, called optogenetics, helps scientists overcome this challenge, said Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, associate professor of bioengineering and psychiatry at Stanford University in California, at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Chicago in October.