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“Nobel Prize awarded for showing how nerve cells shape feelings”

Nobel Prize awarded for optogenetics research in neuroscience

Key points

  • Karl Deisseroth and Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  • Prize recognizes optogenetics as a foundation for understanding neural circuits.
  • Researchers linked memories, feelings, and behaviors to specific neural pathways.
  • Method aids study of neurological and psychiatric disorders and their mechanisms.
  • Clinically, optogenetics is explored to restore sight in visual impairments.
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