An Electric Light Orchestra in the Brain: Optogenetics for Controlling Seizures via Modulation of Astrocyte Activity.

Epilepsy Curr

Institute for Drug Research and the David R. Bloom Centre for Pharmacy and Dr. Adolf and Klara Brettler Center for Research in Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Published: March 2023

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