Talking to the brain in its own language: a new approach to treating blindness

Sheila Nirenberg

doi:10.1117/12.2595079

7 March 2021 Talking to the brain in its own language: a new approach to treating blindness

Sheila Nirenberg

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Proceedings Volume 11629, Optical Techniques in Neurosurgery, Neurophotonics, and Optogenetics; 1162906 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595079
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2021, Online Only

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Neuroscience research has focused largely on listening to the brain - on taking recordings, analyzing responses, and trying to extract meaning from them. But now we’re entering a new phase where we can go beyond listening and can start talking back to the brain, and we have developed the ability to do it in the brain’s own language. This opens the door to new technologies for treating disease. Here we present the development of one such technology: a new kind of optogenetic prosthetic for treating blindness.

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Sheila Nirenberg "Talking to the brain in its own language: a new approach to treating blindness", Proc. SPIE 11629, Optical Techniques in Neurosurgery, Neurophotonics, and Optogenetics, 1162906 (7 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2595079

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