NYSCF – Robertson Investigator Ed Boyden Publishes Latest Research

NYSCF – Robertson Neuroscience Investigator Dr. Ed Boyden of MIT published his latest research in Nature Methods describing a new technique to study brain function by controlling two separate populations of neurons with different colors of light. Dr. Boyden is the creator of the reserach field of 'optogenetics' which uses wavelengths of light to study brain and neuron activity. 

 

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