Controlling nerve cells with the aid of light: this is made possible by ontogenetic. It enables, for example, the investigation of neurobiological processes with unprecedented spatial and temporal precision. The key tool of ontogenetic is the light-activated protein channel rhodopsin. Biophysicists from Bochum and Berlin have now succeeded in explaining the switching mechanism through an interdisciplinary approach.To see more details visit, www.medicalnewstoday.com