Sonogenetics is a non-invasive approach to activating neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ibsen, Stuart ^a   Tong, Ada ^a   Schutt, Carolyn ^b   Esener, Sadik ^c   Chalasani, Sreekanth H ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; LOW PRESSURE; NEMATODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROBUBBLE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SONOGENETICS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL C; TRPC4 ION CHANNEL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MICROBUBBLES; NEURONS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TRPC CATION CHANNELS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

EID: 84941769671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9264     Document Type: Article

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