image: Optogenetic targets outside of the brain. Optogenetics may be used to study pain, cancer, fertilization, insulin secretion, and immune function, among others. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May 4, 2016 issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by K.L. Montgomery at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., and colleagues was titled, "Beyond the brain: Optogenetic control in the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system." view more
Credit: K.L. Montgomery <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2016)