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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](/news/mmg/media/images/optogenetics_f2d35be2-9dbb-4091-abbe-7884de010cb1_f.jpg)
A neuron is activated by light through a technique called optogenetics.
Credit: Ed Boyden and MIT McGovern Institute
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