Optogenetics in neuroscience: What we gain from studies in mammals

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-434

  Chen, Quanhui ^a   Zeng, Ziling ^a   Hu, Zhian ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Channnelrhodopsin; Halorhodopsin; Mammals; Optogenetics

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEAR; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPTOGENETICS; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HALORHODOPSINS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NEURONS; NEUROSCIENCES; OPTOGENETICS;

EID: 84865705183     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-012-1250-6     Document Type: Review

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