title: Optogenetics: eye movements at light speed.
abstract: The use of optogenetics to alter behavior in primates has been challenging, but now a group has managed to activate neurons in the monkey frontal cortex with light and show that this speeds up their performance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vision & Cognition, The Netherlands Institute for Neurosciences, Meibergdreef 47, 1105BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Matthew W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Self
authors.forename: Pieter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Roelfsema
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D062308:Optogenetics; D012438:Saccades