Optogenetics Guide
Type
Guide
...(nm) ChR2 Widely used light-gated cation channel from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (CrChR2) 470 ChR2/H134R...light activated cation channel. ChR2 is preferred over ChR1 because ChR2 has higher conductance at physiological...dubia 460 C1C2 ChR1-ChR2 chimera 470 ChIEF, ChEF, ChD Engineered chimeras of ChR1 and ChR2; increased photocurrent...mouse line, such as for example the VGAT-ChR2 mouse, where ChR2 is expressed under the control of the vesicular...into the cell when stimulated. Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2), the first widely adopted optogenetic tool, is ... aminobutyric acid (GABA) transporter (VGAT) and ChR2 is thus expressed in all GABAergic neurons. In this...used variant with larger photocurrent compared to CrChR2 450 ChETA E123T mutation; faster kinetics but reduced...