Optogenetic approaches for functional mouse brain mapping

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 APR, 2013, Pages

  Lim, Diana H ^a   LeDue, Jeffrey ^b   Mohajerani, Majid H ^a   Vanni, Matthieu P ^a   Murphy, Timothy H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channelrhodopsin 2; Connectivity; Functional mapping; In vivo imaging; Optogenetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 84878935917     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00054     Document Type: Review

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