{"id":7077915,"date":"2026-10-06T08:41:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7077915"},"modified":"2026-10-06T08:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:41:29","slug":"trio-of-scientists-wins-medicine-nobel-for-a-method-to-turn-nerve-cells-on-and-off-with-light-helping-to-unravel-the-brains-mysteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7077915","title":{"rendered":"Trio of Scientists Wins Medicine Nobel for a Method to Turn Nerve Cells On and Off With Light, Helping to Unravel the Brain&#039;s Mysteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com\/NnO772pb6fPbhtKwtEzo0A-moq8=\/420x240\/filters:focal(3585x2151:3586x2152)\/https:\/\/tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/filer_public\/ad\/5b\/ad5bded0-e227-439b-b8a2-bfcb739fcd04\/nobel-phys-med.jpg\" \/><br \/>Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel received the 2026 award for their contributions to a revolutionary technique in neuroscience called optogenetics, which allows researchers to examine precise connections between neuronal activity and behavioral outcomes in live animals<br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel received the 2026 award for their contributions to a revolutionary technique in neuroscience called optogenetics, which allows researchers to examine precise connections between neuronal activity and behavioral outcomes in live animals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7077916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12024],"tags":[238430,43890,11467,556,14944,15798,5781,40966,26430,12961,3122,9319,65526,10829],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-7077915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace","tag-brain039s","tag-cells","tag-helping","tag-light","tag-medicine","tag-method","tag-mysteries","tag-nerve","tag-nobel","tag-scientists","tag-trio","tag-turn","tag-unravel","tag-wins"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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