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Media Advisory 15-011

Capitol Hill briefing on mysteries of the brain: Frontiers in neuroscience

Media are invited to a briefing on new, cutting-edge technologies and research that are advancing the frontiers of neuroscience

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A neuron is turned on by light

A neuron is activated by light through a technique called optogenetics.

Credit: Ed Boyden and MIT McGovern Institute


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