A Primer on Optogenetics: Introduction and Opsin Delivery
Type
Blog Post
Published
Sept. 10, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
...accurate and reproducible. I also highly recommend spending the money on a high quality stereotaxic frame with...and versatility, the technique is remarkably straightforward to learn and relatively cheap (compared to ...manipulated a number of the opsin genes to alter the light spectrum for activation and the kinetics of opsin...above) include Channelrhodopsin2 (Chr2), a blue-light sensitive non-specific cation channel, activation...potential. Halorhodopsins (HR) are green/yellow-light sensitive chloride ion pumps, activation of which...expression alone is extremely limited. Therefore, highly expressing, generic neuronal promoters such as ...privately communicated to me as one of these extremely high expressing promoters). Conduct a time course experiment...