| Literature DB >> 20037590 |
Srinivas Kantevari1, Masanori Matsuzaki, Yuya Kanemoto, Haruo Kasai, Graham C R Ellis-Davies.
Abstract
We developed a caged GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), which, when combined with an appropriate caged glutamate, allows bimodal control of neuronal membrane potential with subcellular resolution using optically independent two-photon uncaging of each neurotransmitter. We used two-color, two-photon uncaging to fire and block action potentials from rat hippocampal CA1 neurons in brain slices with 720-nm and 830-nm light, respectively. Our method should be generalizable to other chemical messenger pairs.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 20037590 PMCID: PMC4135702 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1413
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Methods ISSN: 1548-7091 Impact factor: 28.547