A Light Wand to Untangle the Myocardial Cell Network
Methods and Protocols, 2019 The discovery of optogenetics has revolutionized research in neuroscience by providing the tools for noninvasive, cell-type selective modulation of membrane potential and cellular function in vitro and in vivo. Rhodopsin-based optogenetics has later been
Tania Zaglia +2 more
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Optogenetics: Emerging strategies for neuropathic pain treatment
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 Neuropathic pain (NP) is a chronic health condition that presents a significant burden on patients, society, and even healthcare systems. However, in recent years, an emerging field in the treatment of neuropathic pain – optogenetic technology has dawned,
Siyu Li +3 more
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Medial Ganglionic Eminence Progenitors Transplanted into Hippocampus Integrate in a Functional and Subtype-Appropriate Manner. [PDF]
, 2017 Medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) transplantation rescues disease phenotypes in various preclinical models with interneuron deficiency or dysfunction, including epilepsy.
Baraban, Scott C, Hsieh, Jui-Yi
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Exploring adult hippocampal neurogenesis using optogenetics [PDF]
, 2018 In the 1980s, it was widely accepted that new neurons are continuously generated in the dentate gyrus of the mammalian hippocampus. Since its acceptance, researchers have employed various techniques and behavioral paradigms to study the proliferation ...
Pinardo, Heinrich
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Identifying specific prefrontal neurons that contribute to autism-associated abnormalities in physiology and social behavior. [PDF]
, 2017 Functional imaging and gene expression studies both implicate the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), particularly deep-layer projection neurons, as a potential locus for autism pathology.
Brumback, AC +9 more
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A Cre‐dependent lentiviral vector for neuron subtype‐specific expression of large proteins
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.We designed a versatile and modular lentivector comprising a Cre‐dependent switch and self‐cleaving 2A peptide and tested it for co‐expression of GFP and a 2.8 kb gene of interest (GOI) in mouse cortical parvalbumin (PV+) interneurons and midbrain dopamine (TH+) neurons.
Weixuan Xue +6 more
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Optogenetics Therapy of Human Cancers
Zhongliu Fangzhi Yanjiu, 2018 The optogenetics approach uses a combination of genetic and optical methods to control the functions in specific cells of biological tissues. Since the control of neuronal activity by irradiating channelrhodopsin-2 with blue light was reported in 2005 ...
ZHANG Baihong, YUE Hongyun
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Optogenetics in primates: monkey see monkey look [PDF]
, 2011 Optogenetics has emerged as a powerful tool for studying the neural basis of simple behaviors in rodents and small animals. In the primate model, however, optogenetics has had limited utility because optical methods have not been able to drive behavior ...
Gregory Horwitz +2 more
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Real-time optical manipulation of cardiac conduction in intact hearts [PDF]
, 2018 Optogenetics has provided new insights in cardiovascular research, leading to new methods for cardiac pacing, resynchronization therapy and cardioversion.
Bocchi, L. +16 more
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Molecular determinants of signal transduction in tropomyosin receptor kinases
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Tropomyosin receptor kinases control critical neuronal functions, but how do the same receptors produce diverse cellular responses? This review explores the structural mechanisms behind Trk signaling diversity, focusing on allosteric modulation and ligand bias.
Giray Enkavi
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