Optogenetics is a biological technique that involves the use of light to control cells in living tissue, typically neurons, that have been genetically modified to express light-sensitive ion channels. It is a neuromodulation method that uses a combination of techniques from optics and genetics to control and monitor the activities of individual neurons in living tissue — even within freely-moving animals — and to precisely measure these manipulation effects in real-time.
Nature’s official introduces about Optogenetics:
Miesenböck is known as the founder of optogenetics, in this lecture, he talks about this method and it’s application:
This method can be used to terrifically control the motion of the body, so is banned in the US and Europe
