Channelrhodopsins with improved light sensitivity for minimally-invasive optogenetics
Type
Blog Post
Published
Nov. 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
... the flick of a light switch. Neurons are not typically persuaded to fire when light is shined on them...directed evolution, because channelrhodopsins are typically evaluated with low-throughput methods such as ... midbrain, fiber-optic cannulas were still stereotaxically implanted into the mice’s brains so that light...