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5 Articles
Interview with Francesco Papaleo of the Italian Institute of Technology: "There are difficulties to overcome, but one day we can also use the method on man"
Understand how optogenetics uses light to trigger neurons and has been recognized by the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine
Through light-sensitive proteins, optogenetics allows you to intervene on neural circuits and analyze their role in memory, sleep and movement. What advances it offers and what challenges are for use in treatments. Read more
The Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 distinguished the discoveries that made it possible to control nerve cells by light. We explain how optogenetics works and why it transformed the study of the brain.
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