Review Article
A Novel Research Technology to Explore the Mystery of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Optogenetics
Figure 2
The fundamentals of the optogenetic process. ChR: channelrhodopsin; HR: halorhodopsin. Through genetic skill delivering the opsin into the cell of the model mouse brain, ChR and HR can convert light into electricity. When blue light hits it, it opens up a little hole and allows charged particles (Na+) to enter the eye-spot, allowing this eye-spot to have an electrical signal. When yellow light hits it, it lets other charged particles (Clā) enter the membrane.