Stanford University School of Medicine: How Opsins Became Traffic Signals for Nerve-cell Production - and Brain Research
October 07, 2026
October 07, 2026
STANFORD, California, Oct. 7 -- Stanford University School of Medicine issued the following news:
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How opsins became traffic signals for nerve-cell production -- and brain research
By Bruce Goldman
Light-activated proteins can be activated or inhibited with pulses of laser light. It was a challenge to make it all work -- but it did, and it led to a Nobel Prize.
October 05, 2026
Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, has devote . . .
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How opsins became traffic signals for nerve-cell production -- and brain research
By Bruce Goldman
Light-activated proteins can be activated or inhibited with pulses of laser light. It was a challenge to make it all work -- but it did, and it led to a Nobel Prize.
October 05, 2026
Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, has devote . . .