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Optical and chemical discoveries recognized for impact on biology and psychiatry

Karl Deisseroth was awarded the 2017 quadrennial 4 million euro Else Kröner Fresenius Prize today for the “discoveries of optogenetics and of hydrogel‐tissue chemistry, and for developing circuit‐level insight into depression”. In this opinion, he was invited to discuss the impact of optogenetics an...

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Autor principal: Deisseroth, Karl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5452044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28566521
http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embr.201744405
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Sumario:Karl Deisseroth was awarded the 2017 quadrennial 4 million euro Else Kröner Fresenius Prize today for the “discoveries of optogenetics and of hydrogel‐tissue chemistry, and for developing circuit‐level insight into depression”. In this opinion, he was invited to discuss the impact of optogenetics and hydrogel‐tissue chemistry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 on understanding the structure and function of the brain in health and disease.