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optogenetics: a standalone construct

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control of genetically targeted neurons with light by expressing light-sensitive ion channels in them.

In neural engineering, optogenetics refers to control of genetically targeted neurons with light by expressing light-sensitive ion channels in them. This meaning comes from Boyden (2005) in Nature Neuroscience.[1]

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  1. Boyden, E. S., Zhang, F., Bamberg, E., Nagel, G., & Deisseroth, K. (2005). Millisecond-timescale, genetically targeted optical control of neural activity. Nature Neuroscience, 8(9), 1263-1268. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1525

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