Optogenetics

Molecular and Cellular Approaches for Diversifying and Extending Optogenetics

(2010) Viviana Gradinaru et al.   CELL

From cudgel to scalpel: toward precise neural control with optogenetics

(2010) Simon Peron et al.   NATURE METHODS

Channelrhodopsin engineering and exploration of new optogenetic tools

(2010) Peter Hegemann et al.   NATURE METHODS

The promise of optogenetics in cell biology: interrogating molecular circuits in space and time

(2010) Jared E Toettcher et al.   NATURE METHODS

Ultrafast optogenetic control

(2010) Lisa A Gunaydin et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Genetic Reactivation of Cone Photoreceptors Restores Visual Responses in Retinitis Pigmentosa

(2010) V. Busskamp et al.   SCIENCE

Controlling the Brain with Light

(2010) Karl Deisseroth   SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Characterization of Engineered Channelrhodopsin Variants with Improved Properties and Kinetics

(2009) John Y. Lin et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Spatiotemporal control of cell signalling using a light-switchable protein interaction

(2009) Anselm Levskaya et al.   NATURE

Temporally precise in vivo control of intracellular signalling

(2009) Raag D. Airan et al.   NATURE

A genetically encoded photoactivatable Rac controls the motility of living cells

(2009) Yi I. Wu et al.   NATURE

Bi-stable neural state switches

(2009) André Berndt et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Optical Deconstruction of Parkinsonian Neural Circuitry

(2009) V. Gradinaru et al.   SCIENCE

Phasic Firing in Dopaminergic Neurons Is Sufficient for Behavioral Conditioning

(2009) H.-C. Tsai et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2008) Feng Zhang et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE