The smell of blue light: A new approach toward understanding an olfactory neuronal network

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Störtkuhl, Klemens F ^a,b   Fiala, André ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Channelrhodopsin 2; Drosophila; Olfactory behavior; Optogenetics; Photo activated adenylyl cyclase

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIOR; BLUE LIGHT; CELL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LARVA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMELLING;

EID: 84862196985     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00072     Document Type: Review

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