Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel
Over decades of research, scientists have built up a partial picture of what specialized cells within the brain and spinal cord do.
Ars Technica reports: Over decades of research, scientists have built up a partial picture of what specialized cells within the brain and spinal cord do.
By studying how the brain develops, they could identify genes that were active in different populations of neurons and where in the brain those neurons resided. But this approach has its limits.
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