Optogenetics

"Optogenetics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The combination of genetic and optical methods in controlling specific events with temporal precision in targeted cells of a functioning intact biological system.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Optogenetics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Optogenetics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 33 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2014 and 2018 and 2019 and 2020 and 2024
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