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illumination tools for optogenetics

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What the tool is doing

This review discusses optical illumination methods used in optogenetics, emphasizing tools intended to deliver light with greater specificity than standard wide-field illumination.

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What problem it solves

The tools are presented as addressing the need for more specific illumination in studies of neural circuit function.

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What it does not solve

The abstract does not establish that any single illumination method solves all optogenetic light-delivery challenges.

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Alternatives

Standard wide-field illumination is the explicit comparison point in the abstract.

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Evidence Snippets

great effort has been made to also develop illumination tools that provide better specificity than standard wide-field illumination
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Linked Claims

Claim 1background enabling trendsupports2013Source 1DOI

Advances in molecular engineering and the rise of optogenetics enabled studies aimed at understanding neural circuit function.

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Advances in molecular engineering and the bloom of optogenetics facilitated the realisation of studies towards the understanding of neural circuits function.
Claim 2comparative propertysupports2013Source 1DOI

Illumination tools have been developed in optogenetics to provide better specificity than standard wide-field illumination.

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great effort has been made to also develop illumination tools that provide better specificity than standard wide-field illumination
Claim 3review scopesupports2013Source 1DOI

The paper reviews optical methods used in optogenetics and discusses the challenges they need to satisfy.

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Here, optical methods that have been used so far in optogenetics are reviewed and the challenges that need to satisfy are discussed.