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High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by light-driven proton pumps

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Faithful Expression of Multiple Proteins via 2A-Peptide Self-Processing: A Versatile and Reliable Method for Manipulating Brain Circuits

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Informational Lesions: Optical Perturbation of Spike Timing and Neural Synchrony Via Microbial Opsin Gene Fusions

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A Crystallographic Study of Bright Far-Red Fluorescent Protein mKate Reveals pH-inducedcis-transIsomerization of the Chromophore

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

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