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inputs and their role in neural circuits when trying to restore meaningful activity
to neural networks.
Optogenetic tools have proved to be an invaluable exploratory method for
probing neural network activity and plasticity [14] [19] and we are just entering
an era were it may prove to be a very successful therapeutic tool.
Acknowledgements
This work has been supported in part by the ONCE (National Organization of
the Spanish Blind), by the Research Chair on Retinitis Pigmentosa and by grant
SAF2008-03694 from the Spanish Government.
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