Neuroscience: When lights take the circuits out

Neuroscience: When lights take the circuits out:

Neuroscience: When lights take the circuits out

Nature 477, 7363 (2011). doi:10.1038/477165a

Authors: João Peça & Guoping Feng

Circuit-level perturbations in the brain's electrical activity may underlie social-interaction deficits seen in people with schizophrenia and autism. A new optogenetic tool was instrumental in making this discovery. See Article p.171