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Optogenetics is a biological technique used to characterize and manipulate the activity of neurons or other cell types with light. This is achieved by expression of light-sensitive ion channels, pumps or enzymes in the target brain cells. A specialization of this field is nano-optogenetics.
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| Optogenetics | is a | biological technique used to characterize and manipulate the activity of neurons or other cell types with light | 0.90 | text |
| Optogenetics | is a | introduction of fast light-activated channels | 0.90 | text |
| cAMP | instance of | Building on prior work fusing vertebrate opsins to specific G-protein coupled receptors a family of chimeric single-component optogenetic tools was created that allowed research… | 0.80 | text |
| IP3 in targeted cells | instance of | Building on prior work fusing vertebrate opsins to specific G-protein coupled receptors a family of chimeric single-component optogenetic tools was created that allowed research… | 0.80 | text |
| the cerebral cortex | instance of | To stimulate superficial brain areas | 0.80 | text |
| optical fibers or LEDs can be directly mounted to the skull of the animal | instance of | To stimulate superficial brain areas | 0.80 | text |
| cell-specific promoters or other customized conditionally-active viruses to deliver light-sensitive probes to specific populations of neurons in the brain of living animals | instance of | completely wireless techniques have been developed utilizing wirelessly delivered power to headborne Light-emitting diodes LEDs for unhindered study of complex behaviors in free… | 0.80 | text |
| worms | instance of | In invertebrates | 0.80 | text |
| fruit flies some amount of all-trans-retinal | instance of | In invertebrates | 0.80 | text |
| dendrites | instance of | Restricting the opsin to specific regions of the plasma membrane | 0.80 | text |
| somata or axon terminals provides a more robust understanding of neuronal circuitry.Mathematical modelling shows that selective expression of opsin in specific cell types can dramatically alter the dynamical behavior of the neural circuitry | instance of | Restricting the opsin to specific regions of the plasma membrane | 0.80 | text |
| neural circuits in vivo | instance of | ApplicationsThe field of optogenetics has furthered the fundamental scientific understanding of how specific cell types contribute to the function of biological tissues | 0.80 | text |
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