| Literature DB >> 25086025 |
Antoine R Adamantidis, Feng Zhang, Luis de Lecea, Karl Deisseroth.
Abstract
Optogenetics is defined as the integration of optics and genetics to control well-defined events within specified cells of living tissue. In this introduction, we focus on the basic techniques necessary for employing microbial opsins as optogenetic tools in mammalian brains. We provide a guide for the fundamentals of optogenetic application-selecting an opsin, implementing expression of opsins based on the neuroscientific experimental requirements, and adapting the corresponding optical hardware for delivery of light into mammalian brains.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25086025 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top083329
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cold Spring Harb Protoc ISSN: 1559-6095