x-ray optogenetics

The X-ray Optogenetics Project aims to develop a noninvasive method of controlling neural activity with high spatial and temporal precision in order to interrogate the neural circuits underlying healthy and pathological brain function. 

Optogenetics is the current state of the art in neuromodulation. This technique, developed in the early to mid 00's and chosen as the "Method of the Year" across all fields in science and engineering by Nature Methods in 2010, uses transgenics to express a light-sensitive protein in specific types of neurons

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