Route to genetically targeted optical electrophysiology: Development and applications of voltage-sensitive fluorescent proteins

Neurophotonics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Akemann, Walther ^a,b   Song, Chenchen ^a   Mutoh, Hiroki ^c   Knöpfel, Thomas ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

brain rhythms; cortex; electroencephalogram; optics; photonics; voltage imaging; voltage sensitive fluorescent proteins

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTONICS; PROTEINS;

BRAIN RHYTHMS; CORTEX; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; DIGITAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE VOLTAGE; NEURONAL CIRCUITS; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE;

PHYSIOLOGY;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

CELL FUNCTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; OPTOGENETICS; POLARIMETRY; REVIEW; TARGET CELL; VISION;

EID: 84979008563     PISSN: 2329423X     EISSN: 23294248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.NPh.2.2.021008     Document Type: Review

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