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Gero Miesenboeck reconfigure un cerveau.

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Dans le but de cartographier le cerveau, beaucoup de scientifiques ont tenté la tâche colossale d'enregistrer l'activité de chaque neurone. Gero Miesenboeck travaille à l'envers - en manipulant des neurones spécifiques pour comprendre exactement ce qu'ils font, par des séries d'expériences stupéfiantes qui reconfigurent la façon dont la mouche du fruit (la drosophile) perçoit la lumière.

Using light and a little genetic engineering -- optogenetics -- Gero Miesenboeck has developed a way to control how living nerve cells work, and advanced understanding of how the brain controls behavior. Full bio »

Translated into French by Fabienne Brenet
Reviewed by Els De Keyser
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