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DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION

Further-reaching optogenetics

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Systemic viral delivery of a gene encoding for a light-sensitive red-shifted ion channel enables non-invasive neuronal stimulation deep in the brain of rodents.

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Fig. 1: Ion channels and types of stimuli for non-invasive deep brain stimulation.

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