# Chemogenetics **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Type:** Neural manipulation method **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Primary source:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] ## Definition Chemogenetics is a neural manipulation method identified in the source article's drug-controlled modulation of genetically targeted neurons layer. ## Relationships [[wiki/Chemogenetics|Chemogenetics]] is related to [[wiki/Optogenetics and Chemogenetics|Optogenetics and Chemogenetics]] as drug-controlled modulation of genetically targeted neurons. <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry's documented connections are expressed in its definition and related-work routes, with provenance retained in the source-linked material. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Source route [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] ## Related Work in the Corpus <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 --> - In [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]], **V.2 — Optogenetics, Chemogenetics, and Causal Manipulation** provides the narrative context for **Chemogenetics**: Recording activity establishes correlation between neural patterns and behavior; causal manipulation establishes which patterns are functionally responsible for which behaviors. <!-- END HUMANIZED CORPUS ROUTES 2026-09-11 -->