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SCI & TECH● LOW1h ago · Oct 25, 2026, 9:05 AM

Optogenetics: what is the technique that won the Nobel Prize in Medicine

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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel won the Nobel Prize in Medicine with a technique, “optogenetics,” which allows brain neuron activity to be controlled with light. What does this mean for psychiatry?

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