Using light to control signaling cascades in live neurons

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 617-622

  Rana, Anshul ^a,b   Dolmetsch, Ricardo E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROME B; RAC1 PROTEIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

DENDRITE; LIGHT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RHODOPSINS, MICROBIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 77957120796     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.08.018     Document Type: Review

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