Advances of application of optogenetics in animal behavioral research / 中国药理学通报

ABSTRACT

The method of optogenetics is a new light-control ccll technology which has developed rapidly in the field of neuro- science in the past decade. This technique is also called "a new technology destined to win the Nobel Prize in the 21st century". The bioengineering technology integrates many disciplines of optics, genetics, computer science, genetic engineering, cell biology, clectrophysiology and more. This new multi-disciplinary cross-disciplinary new technology has greatly promoted the development of neuroscience, extending to animal behavior, clinical medicine, molecular biology, cell biology and many other fields. Animal behavior research is about the study of the function, mechanism, development and evolution of animal behavior, which plays an important role in the development of neuro- science. This article describes the specific process and characteristics of optogenetics, and its application in animal behavior research, aiming at a brief review of the latest research progress in optogenetics technology.