Using affordable LED arrays for photo-stimulation of neurons

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 57, 2011, Pages

  Valley, Matthew ^a   Wagner, Sebastian ^a   Gallarda, Benjamin W ^a   Lledo, Pierre Marie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Channelrhodopsin; Electrophysiology; Issue 57; Neural stem cells; Neuroscience; Plasticity; Synapses

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455201504     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3379     Document Type: Article

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