Add to ORKGIn this issue of Nature Neuroscience, Owen et al. show that widely used optogenetic light delivery can heat brain tissue and produce changes in neural activity and behavior in the absence of opsins. How will this finding influence experimental design in the optical age of neuroscience
International audienceBrain intricacies and the difficulty that scientists encounter in revealing it...
Understanding the pathophysiology of many complex neural disorders (like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, d...
The ability to probe defined neural circuits in awake, freely-moving animals with cell-type specific...
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A key assumption of optogenetics is that light only affects opsin-expressing neurons. However, illum...
A key assumption of optogenetics is that light only affects opsin-expressing neurons. However, illum...
Despite the increasing use of optogenetics in vivo, the effects of direct light exposure to brain ti...
SummaryDespite the increasing use of optogenetics in vivo, the effects of direct light exposure to b...
Item does not contain fulltextThe emergence of optogenetics technology facilitated widespread applic...
Neuronal stimulation by light is a novel approach in the emerging field of optogenetics, where genet...
SummaryDespite the increasing use of optogenetics in vivo, the effects of direct light exposure to b...
Editor’s note: The brain is densely packed with interconnected neurons, but until about six years ag...
Objective. The blue light-activated inhibitory opsin, stGtACR2, is gaining prominence as a neuromodu...
Objective. The blue light-activated inhibitory opsin, stGtACR2, is gaining prominence as a neuromodu...
Over the last decade, there has been much excitement about the use of optogenetic tools to test whet...
International audienceBrain intricacies and the difficulty that scientists encounter in revealing it...
Understanding the pathophysiology of many complex neural disorders (like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, d...
The ability to probe defined neural circuits in awake, freely-moving animals with cell-type specific...
R01 DA042889/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United StatesR01 MH112721/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United StatesU01 IP000035/IP/...
A key assumption of optogenetics is that light only affects opsin-expressing neurons. However, illum...
A key assumption of optogenetics is that light only affects opsin-expressing neurons. However, illum...
Despite the increasing use of optogenetics in vivo, the effects of direct light exposure to brain ti...
SummaryDespite the increasing use of optogenetics in vivo, the effects of direct light exposure to b...
Item does not contain fulltextThe emergence of optogenetics technology facilitated widespread applic...
Neuronal stimulation by light is a novel approach in the emerging field of optogenetics, where genet...
SummaryDespite the increasing use of optogenetics in vivo, the effects of direct light exposure to b...
Editor’s note: The brain is densely packed with interconnected neurons, but until about six years ag...
Objective. The blue light-activated inhibitory opsin, stGtACR2, is gaining prominence as a neuromodu...
Objective. The blue light-activated inhibitory opsin, stGtACR2, is gaining prominence as a neuromodu...
Over the last decade, there has been much excitement about the use of optogenetic tools to test whet...
International audienceBrain intricacies and the difficulty that scientists encounter in revealing it...
Understanding the pathophysiology of many complex neural disorders (like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, d...
The ability to probe defined neural circuits in awake, freely-moving animals with cell-type specific...