Method of the Year 2010: Optogenetics - by Nature Video

[waannab]

This is definitely new information for me. Further developments in optogenetics might lead to large improvements in neural science and could improve human life tremendously and it looks like a less invasive way.

[trevorwilliams]

Jahn Laster do you even understand what this means for the future? Not just for muscle rehabilitation, but for recovering from mental illness of all sorts. This is one of the breakthroughs that will revolutionize EVERYTHING!

[josephhelms]

This really make a lightbulb go off on your head.

























Literally.

[Snobert]

Does anyone else here think this science can be turned into a weapon to use against humans?

[alteregoash]

This is easily the most exciting advancement for neuropsychology and neurobiology in years. It's so much cleaner than breeding or surgery and so much more capable of human application (not in the current state of course).

[AnonymousPsych]

Utterly mind-blowing! The implications!

[MrOmniFicent]

I literally laughed out loud at 2:58, how rude of them to interrupt that little dude's workout ^.^

[trevorwilliams]

To be apart of a revelation as important as this.. all of the good that will come from this is so immense! To those of you who are against these tests due to a simple fact of who's being the lab rat (or mouse in this circumstance) is incredibly (and not in the good fashion) narrow minded. I, personally, would find it a great honor to be selected to be involved in these studies and be apart of this breakthrough.

[RamaswamyIyerGanesh]

Amazinf information. Wonderful also. Genetic Engineering, Neurology, Optics, Biology and life science coming together to prove something extraordinary.

[MonsieurRondu]

This is pretty neat. The part where the heart cells are being stimulated makes me think that perhaps this technology could be applied as an effective treatment of heart disease.

[bratbabyp]

Ok i have questions: allergy to light and what does that mean? And should i stop drinking algae or not? Yes I'm pale

[thomasciarlariello]

Pressure of laser light or photoelectric photovoltaic effects?

[firesnakepodcast]

Applications for military or controlling Alternative Medicine proponents are exciting.

[animelover]

i believe she confirmed that in the video
the narrator stated they were able to detect which nerve cells fire when a sleeping mouse wakes

3:53

[greenandroid]

Exciting, but makes me glad I study plants. Maybe it could be used with stomata? e.g. CAM, or the opposite.

[gigibelle]

One question to the experts here: Would it be possible to manipulate what we consider memory of experiences this way? Just wondering :D

[Searchinganswers]

Why can I not find these videos on facebook?

[goldwarlord]

Does optogenetics only allow for input or also for output? Can we actually measure a neurons firing activity using similar techniques?

[davidrosas]

Colombia presente! <3 loving this techniqes

[TheAIEpiphany]

Sci-fi stuff amazing how far we've come as a species. Now how exactly do you target a specific neuronal population that's what I'm curious about, seems like injecting viruses into a brain is not very localized?