Illuminating neural circuits and behaviour in caenorhabditis elegans with optogenetics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1677, 2015, Pages

  Fang Yen, Christopher ^a,b   Alkema, Mark J ^c   Samuel, Aravinthan D T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Neural circuits; Optogenetics

Indexed keywords

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; LIGHT EFFECT; NEMATODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGY; PROTEIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; OPSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; OPTOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OPSINS; OPTOGENETICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84938521464     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0212     Document Type: Review

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