OPTOGENETICS MARKET ANALYSIS

Optogenetics MarketSize and Trends

Market Trends

Optogenetics is an emerging medical technique, which involves the use of light to control cells in living tissues, especially neurons to help study the characteristics of normal and abnormal brain function. Optogenetics is an emerging field of biotechnology trending among the fields of neuroscience, cardiology, ophthalmology, behavioral science, and other healthcare domains. The technique is widely used to treat neurological disorders such as depression. Depression is caused by chronic stress that causes a series of negative memories. Optogenetics technology is used by placing the genes that express light-sensitive proteins into mammalian cells, which normally lack such proteins. When the proteins are illuminated with specific wavelengths of light, they change the behavior of the cells, thereby introducing certain types of ions or pushing out a few to alter electrical activity. Furthermore, optogenetics has also been used in the treatment of retinal disease and hearing impairment. Advancements in optogenetics technology has led to a sound understanding of neuroscience. Presently, multiphoton excitation microscopy is the technique that is used for investigating optogenetic studies of live animal brain at single neuron resolution.