Infographic: OPSINS: Tools of the trade View full size JPG | PDF KENNETH EWARD The optogenetic toolset is composed of genetically encoded molecules that, when targeted to specific neurons in the brain ...

This is where stimuli that hit our retina are broken down into their individual components, processed and assembled into what we perceive. The neurons responsible for this process can each perform ...

It also made neurons in the hypothalamus more excitable ... Lang is also interested in whether OPN3 interacts with other non-visual opsins in the brain, including OPN5, which has been found to help ...