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Explained: Optogenetics

Explained: Optogenetics

Associate Professor of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences Ed Boyden explains

What Are Optogenetics?

What Are Optogenetics?

This video won first place in the 2017 Brain Awareness Video Contest with BrainFacts.org and the Society for Neuroscience: ...

Optogenetics | briefly explained |Turning nerve cells on and off using pulses of light

Optogenetics | briefly explained |Turning nerve cells on and off using pulses of light

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