...This is where FLEx enters the scene.
FLEx: A light when night is about you!
The FLEx (for flip-excision)...optogenetics?
Optogenetics: Controlling neurons with light
In 2005, a team from Stanford University, led by...ago with the discovery of microbial rhodopsins, light-sensitive proteins that absorb photons for energy...maintain membrane potential in response to visible light (Zhang et al., 2011).
What do microbial rhodopsins...2000). Most neurons in the brain are not naturally light-sensitive, so the selective expression of opsin ...Optogenetic neuromodulation is made possible by the light: when hit with the correct wavelength, microbial..., 2011; Mei and Zhang, 2012). For example, blue light activates channelrhodopsins that, in turn, trigger...