Nobel Prize awarded for revealing inner workings of the brain

• Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have been awarded the Nobel Prize for developing optogenetics, a technique enabling precise control of brain cell activity using light.
• Optogenetics allows researchers to selectively activate or inhibit specific neurons, advancing understanding of neural circuits and brain function at a cellular level.
• This breakthrough has significant implications for understanding neuropsychiatric conditions and may enable development of novel therapeutic approaches for neurological and psychiatric disorders.

US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.

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