Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain

By Kimberlee D'Ardenne, Assistant Research Professor in Psychology, Arizona State University, The Conversation · October 5, 2026

Neuroscientific advances follow a pattern of visualizing the brain, measuring its function and then controlling it. Optogenetics may lead to a new era of medical treatment.

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