Optogenetic manipulation of neural activity in C. elegans: From synapse to circuits and behaviour

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 235-250

  Husson, Steven J ^a,b   Gottschalk, Alexander ^c   Leifer, Andrew M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Neural circuits; Optical neurophysiology; Optogenetics; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2; CRE RECOMBINASE; HALORHODOPSIN; RECOMBINASE; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; COPULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ILLUMINATION; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROSCIENCE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; SYNAPSES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84878751045     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: 1768322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boc.201200069     Document Type: Review

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