Zebrafish as a Model for Behavior: Swimming into the Optogenetic Spotlight
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...certain threshold, it becomes depolarized and will fire a signal. The non-specific cation channel ChR2 and... becomes more negative it becomes less likely to fire and is said to be hyperpolarized. The chloride pump...peak absorption wavelengths and light intensity requirements of different opsins, studies have shown that...only Kolmer-Agduhr cells on one side of the body required photostimulation in order to drive the full symmetrical... (2013): 119-126. PubMed PMID: 23246238.
Wyart, Claire, et al. "Optogenetic dissection of a behavioural...