Controlling the Brain with Light (Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University)

Karl Deisseroth is pioneering bold new treatments for depression and other psychiatric diseases. By sending pulses of light into the brain, Deisseroth can control neural activity with remarkable precision. In this short talk, Deisseroth gives an thoughtful and awe-inspiring overview of his Stanford University lab’s groundbreaking research in “optogenetics“. Prof. Karl Deisseroth’s website: Stanford University: Stanford University Channe