Optogenetic approaches to characterize the long-range synaptic pathways from the hypothalamus to brain stem autonomic nuclei

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-246

  Piñol, Ramón A ^a   Bateman, Ryan ^a   Mendelowitz, David ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac vagal neuron; Cardiovascular; Channelrhodopsin 2; Electrophysiology; Optogenetics; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; CHANNEL RHODOPSIN 2; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; OXYTOCIN; SYNAPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CELL SUBPOPULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; GENETIC VECTORS; HEART; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; OXYTOCIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHODOPSIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPSINS; TETRODOTOXIN; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VALINE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84865444922     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.07.022     Document Type: Article

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