Channelrhodopsin2 mediated stimulation of synaptic potentials at drosophila neuromuscular junctions

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 25, 2009, Pages

  Hornstein, Nicholas J ^a   Pulver, Stefan R ^a   Griffith, Leslie C ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelrhodopsin2; Drosophila melanogaster larvae; Intracellular neurophysiology; Issue 25; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055121107     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1133     Document Type: Article

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