New optical tools for controlling neuronal activity

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-94

  Herlitze, Stefan ^a   Landmesser, Lynn T ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; PURINE P2X2 RECEPTOR; RHODOPSIN;

CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TECHNIQUE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RETINOIDS; RHODOPSIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33846893407     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2006.12.002     Document Type: Review

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