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optogenetics

neuromodulation method; uses a combination of techniques from optics and genetics to control and monitor the activities of individual neurons in living tissue
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optogenetics

Summary

optogenetics ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (773 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • optogenetics is credited with the discovery of Karl Deisseroth[2].
  • optogenetics is credited with the discovery of Peter Hegemann[3].
  • optogenetics is a type of technique[4].
  • optogenetics is a type of method[5].
  • optogenetics's Commons category is recorded as Optogenetics[6].
  • optogenetics's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Neuroscience[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include technique[4] and method[5].

Why It Matters

optogenetics ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (773 views/month).[1] optogenetics has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . news.stanford.edu. news.stanford.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . warrenalpert.org. warrenalpert.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Neuroscience
    Subclass of → technique, method
    Discoverer or inventor → Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann
    Subclass of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27165, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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