Light at the end of the channel: Optical manipulation of intrinsic neuronal excitability with chemical photoswitches

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH 2013, 2013, Pages

  Mourot, Alexandre ^a,b   Tochitsky, Ivan ^a   Kramer, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Groupe Enzymologie Moléculaire et Fonctionnelle   (France)

Author keywords

Azobenzene; Chemical genetics; Ion channels; Optochemical genetics; Optogenetics; Photopharmacology; Photoswitches

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; DENDRITIC CELL; ISOMERIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA CONE; REVIEW;

EID: 84875076943     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2013.00005     Document Type: Review

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