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Molecular and Cellular Approaches for Diversifying and Extending Optogenetics

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Licking-Induced Synchrony in the Taste-Reward Circuit Improves Cue Discrimination during Learning

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Predicted Effects of a Pause in D1 and D2 Medium Spiny Neurons during Feeding

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From cudgel to scalpel: toward precise neural control with optogenetics

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Neural Syntax: Cell Assemblies, Synapsembles, and Readers

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Cell Type-Specific Loss of BDNF Signaling Mimics Optogenetic Control of Cocaine Reward

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Reward, dopamine and the control of food intake: implications for obesity

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A decade of hypocretins: past, present and future of the neurobiology of arousal

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Characterization of Engineered Channelrhodopsin Variants with Improved Properties and Kinetics

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The Hypocretins and their Role in Narcolepsy

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Metabolic hormones, dopamine circuits, and feeding

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Sleep Homeostasis Modulates Hypocretin-Mediated Sleep-to-Wake Transitions

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Parvalbumin neurons and gamma rhythms enhance cortical circuit performance

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Driving fast-spiking cells induces gamma rhythm and controls sensory responses

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Effects of poor and short sleep on glucose metabolism and obesity risk

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Striatal Medium-Sized Spiny Neurons: Identification by Nuclear Staining and Study of Neuronal Subpopulations in BAC Transgenic Mice

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Melanin-concentrating hormone neurons discharge in a reciprocal manner to orexin neurons across the sleep-wake cycle

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Phasic Firing in Dopaminergic Neurons Is Sufficient for Behavioral Conditioning

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Red-shifted optogenetic excitation: a tool for fast neural control derived from Volvox carteri

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Relation Between Obesity and Blunted Striatal Response to Food Is Moderated by TaqIA A1 Allele

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