American neuroscientist and psychiatrist Karl Deisseroth has won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine alongside two German scientists for discoveries in optogenetics.
The research could reshape the study of the brain and improve understanding of how it processes information.
Optogenetics is at the centre of the scientists’ work, which examines the relationship between light and brain activity. Their discoveries have opened up new possibilities for investigating the brain’s functions.
Dr Heather Berlin, an associate professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at Mount Sinai, joined CBS News to discuss the significance of the Nobel Prize and the potential impact of the research.
