title: Optogenetics turns 10.
abstract: It has been a decade since researchers first showed they could control neurons with light. Jeffrey Perkel takes a look at the technique that changed how we study the brain.
authors.forename: Jeffrey M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Perkel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D000075402:Channelrhodopsins; D004330:Drosophila / Q000502:physiology*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008568:Memory; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D062308:Optogenetics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000075402:Channelrhodopsins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins