What Is Optogenetics? What Are Light-Gated Ion Channels? What Is Neurodegenerative Disease? What Is Retinitis Pigmentosa?
A. What Is Optogenetics? Optogenetics is a technique that combines genetic engineering with light to control the activity of selected cells, particularly neurons. How it works? Researchers introduce genetic instructions for a light-sensitive protein into selected cells.The cells produce the protein, whic...