New Norepinephrine Indicators: nLightG and nLightR
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Blog Post
...Neuromodulators like dopamine and norepinephrine have important functions in the brain but have been ... activity. In 2019, the first generation of norepinephrine sensors was developed, named GRABNE, which ...which helped researchers visualize norepinephrine (Feng et al., 2019). But this first generation of tools ...limitations by developing and depositing two new norepinephrine indicators: nLightG and nLightR (Kagiampaki...indicators are more sensitive to and selective for norepinephrine and faster to respond than GRABNE. While GRABNE... provide inhibitory feedback in response to norepinephrine release, and clinically-used drugs targeting...major advantages of this next generation of norepinephrine sensors is their speed. nLightG is activated...