Photoswitches Shed Light On Spontaneous Free Swimming In Zebrafish
Monday, September 21, 2009 - 22:21
in Biology & Nature
A new technique employing photoswitches and gene targeting is proving a boon to biologists because it allows researchers to noninvasively turn on small populations of cells as easily as flipping a light switch. The new and flexible technique has helped answer a long-standing question about the function of a class of enigmatic nerve cells in the spinal cord.