Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Controlling movement with light

08/16/2017 01:08 PM EDT

Neuroscientists can control muscle movement by applying optogenetics to the spinal cords of animals that are awake

For the first time, neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have shown they can control muscle movement by applying optogenetics -- a technique that allows scientists to control neurons electrical impulses with light -- to the spinal cords of animals that are awake and alert. ...

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