Construction of implantable optical fibers for long-term optogenetic manipulation of neural circuits

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-23

  Sparta, Dennis R ^a,b   Stamatakis, Alice M ^a,b   Phillips, Jana L ^a,b   Hovelsø, Nanna ^a,c,d   Van Zessen, Ruud ^a,b   Stuber, Garret D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

REAGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENETIC MANIPULATION; IMPLANT; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TISSUE INJURY;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; NERVE NET; OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 83455237487     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.413     Document Type: Article

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