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Remote control of cells

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Using temperature-sensitive ion channels and magnetic nanoparticles attached to membranes of cells, the electrical activity in neurons can be controlled by an externally applied magnetic field.

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Figure 1: Remote control of electrical activity in genetically targeted nerve cells using magnetic fields ('magnetogenetics') or light ('optogenetics').

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  1. Thomas Knöpfel and Walther Akemann are in the Laboratory for Neuronal Circuit Dynamics, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-City, Saitama 351-0198, Japan. tknopfel@knopfel-lab.net,

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Knöpfel, T., Akemann, W. Remote control of cells. Nature Nanotech 5, 560–561 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.163

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