Laser-evoked synaptic transmission in cultured hippocampal neurons expressing channelrhodopsin-2 delivered by adeno-associated virus

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-175

  Wang, Jennifer ^a   Hasan, Mazahir T ^b   Seung, H Sebastian ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelrhodopsin 2 (ChR 2); Primary hippocampal culture; Recombinant adeno associated virus (rAAV); Synaptic physiology

Indexed keywords

CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HIPPOCAMPUS; ILLUMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DEPENDOVIRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LASERS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; REACTION TIME; RHODOPSIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 69949088088     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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