(INDEPENDENT) — Scientists have developed an “off-switch” for the brain to effectively shut down neural activity using light pulses.
In 2005, Stanford scientist Karl Deisseroth discovered how to switch individual brain cells on and off by using light in a technique he dubbed 'optogenetics'.
Research teams around the world have since used this technique to study brain cells, heart cells, stem cells and others regulated by electrical signals.
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