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Karl Deisseroth: Lighting up The Brain

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

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How to Deconstruct Anxiety

Anxiety is broken down into its parts by optogenics. We now, when we ere anxious, try to avoid these situations that even if they're not actively threatening, we worry there might be something there. Inded: I'm assuming this hasn't been done in human brains while people are alive. Andhhe took optogenetic tools from microbes and helped human beings who were blind see again.

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