Remember all of those times when you were upset and just wanted to be happy? Well it appears that in the future people might be able to turn off depression and bad moods. Karl Deisseroth has been working on developing a way to switch off brain cells on and off through color recognition to regulate information flow to the brain.
With this method, that Deisseroth has classified as optogenetics, he hopes to help treat his most serious patiences. He has currently been testing the concept on mice and discovered that it is capable of defeating drug addictions.
It will be interesting to see how optogenetics progresses over the years because this is a truly remarkable concept that would have a major impact on the health care industry.
Reference:http://discovermagazine.com/2012/sep/25-controlling-brains-with-flick-of-light-switch
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