Optogenetic tools for analyzing the neural circuits of behavior

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 592-600

  Bernstein, Jacob G ^a   Boyden, Edward S ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL TYPES; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; NEURAL CIRCUITS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; OPSIN; PROTON PUMP;

ADENOVIRUS; BEHAVIOR; CELL TYPE; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIGHT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; REVIEW; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; NEURONS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS;

EID: 81955164141     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.10.003     Document Type: Review

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