Optogenetic Vision Restoration Using Rhodopsin for Enhanced Sensitivity

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1562-1571

  Gaub, Benjamin M ^a   Berry, Michael H ^a   Holt, Amy E ^a   Isacoff, Ehud Y ^a,b   Flannery, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; CHANNELRHODOPSIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HALORHODOPSIN; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GENE THERAPY; ILLUMINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DEPENDOPARVOVIRUS; ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; DEPENDOVIRUS; ECTOPIC GENE EXPRESSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; GENETIC THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; LIGHT; MICE; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RHODOPSIN; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84943584563     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2015.121     Document Type: Article

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