Title :
Let There Be Light: A tutorial on optogenetics.
Author :
Nan Li ; Peng Miao
Abstract :
The nervous system of the human brain consists of diverse types of neurons that are interconnected. The enormous number and heterogeneity of neurons and their connections has made understanding the brain a difficult task, and it has long been a dream in basic and clinical neuroscience to be able to not only read the brain?s neuronal activity but also to have control over distinct sets of neurons.
Keywords :
Tutorials; bio-optics; brain; genetics; neurophysiology; basic neuroscience; brain neuronal activity; clinical neuroscience; human brain; interconnected neurons; nervous system; neuron heterogeneity; optogenetics; Autism; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical optical imaging; Biomembranes; Brain modeling; Neurons; Neuroscience; Optical pulses; Tutorials;
Journal_Title :
Pulse, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPUL.2014.2321215
