Nobel Prize awarded for showing how nerve cells shape feelings
"Every day brings new discoveries, helping to solve one of humanity's great mysteries: how our incredible brain works." The winners said it was "absolutely wonderful" to get the award, and that it was an honour to share the accolade with friends. The three men will also share the £900,000 (12 million Swedish kronor) prize money. Researchers have since been able to study nerve cells and pathways in animals to see and discover more about what they do.The Nobel Committee said: "Using light, researchers are now able to switch individual neural circuits on or off in the brain.
- ▪"Every day brings new discoveries, helping to solve one of humanity's great mysteries: how our incredible brain works." The winners said it was "absolutely wonderful" to get the award, and that it was an honour to share the accolade with fr
- ▪The three men will also share the £900,000 (12 million Swedish kronor) prize money.
- ▪Researchers have since been able to study nerve cells and pathways in animals to see and discover more about what they do.The Nobel Committee said: "Using light, researchers are now able to switch individual neural circuits on or off in the
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Nobel Prize awarded for showing how nerve cells shape feelingsImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Nobel Committee made the announcement at the Karolinska Institute, SwedenByMichelle RobertsDigital health editorPublished5 October 2026, 11:10 BSTUpdated 17 minutes agoUS psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in the field of optogenetics.Their research has helped scientists learn more about the workings of the brain, to better understand how the human mind works.
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