title: Optogenetics 3.0.
abstract: Optogenetic methods use light to modulate the activities of target cells in vivo. By improving inter- and intracellular trafficking of light-sensitive switch proteins called opsins, Gradinaru et al. (2010) have developed a new generation of optogenetic tools capable of regulating the activity of targeted neurons with exquisite precision and efficiency.
authors.affiliation: The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, The RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics, Department of Biology and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tonegawa