Nobel Prize awarded for showing inner workings of the brain
US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.
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"Optogenetics provides opportunities for mapping the brain in a way that we could once only dream of."
— Per Svenningsson , Academic
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German researcher noted for his contributions to optogenetics.
US psychiatrist and neurologist known for his work in optogenetics.
Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine.
German scientist recognized for his discoveries related to optogenetics.
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US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.
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