Three scientists share Nobel medicine prize for brain research
Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth were honoured for research into the workings of the brain.
AI illustrationPeter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth have won the Nobel prize in medicine for their work on how the brain functions.
The three were reportedly honoured for discoveries about light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. Their work reportedly concerns the mechanisms the brain uses to turn the activity of single nerve cells on or off.
The discoveries reportedly offer new insights into how blindness, depression, addiction and dementia might be treated.
The prize of 12m Swedish kronor is reportedly to be shared among the three winners.
Deisseroth is reportedly affiliated with both the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University, Hegemann with the Humboldt University of Berlin and Nagel with the University of Würzburg. The laureates are reportedly German and US scientists.