Targeting neurons and photons for optogenetics

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 805-815

  Packer, Adam M ^a   Roska, Botond ^b   Häuser, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; ILLUMINATION; IMAGING; LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWO PHOTON EXCITATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTONS; TRANSFECTION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84884655331     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3427     Document Type: Review

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