Novel method to assess axonal excitability using channelrhodopsin-based photoactivation

VGluT3+ Primary Afferents Play Distinct Roles in Mechanical and Cold Hypersensitivity Depending on Pain Etiology

(2014) P. Draxler et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Virally mediated optogenetic excitation and inhibition of pain in freely moving nontransgenic mice

(2014) Shrivats Mohan Iyer et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

All-optical electrophysiology in mammalian neurons using engineered microbial rhodopsins

(2014) Daniel R Hochbaum et al.   NATURE METHODS

Criticality and degeneracy in injury-induced changes in primary afferent excitability and the implications for neuropathic pain

(2014) Stéphanie Ratté et al.   eLife

Computation identifies structural features that govern neuronal firing properties in slowly adapting touch receptors

(2014) Daine R Lesniak et al.   eLife

Cell type-specific and time-dependent light exposure contribute to silencing in neurons expressing Channelrhodopsin-2

(2014) Alexander M Herman et al.   eLife

Remote Optogenetic Activation and Sensitization of Pain Pathways in Freely Moving Mice

(2013) I. Daou et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Genetically encoded calcium indicators for multi-color neural activity imaging and combination with optogenetics

(2013) Jasper Akerboom et al.   Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

The spatial pattern of light determines the kinetics and modulates backpropagation of optogenetic action potentials

(2012) Nir Grossman et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE

A toolbox of Cre-dependent optogenetic transgenic mice for light-induced activation and silencing

(2012) Linda Madisen et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Light-evoked Somatosensory Perception of Transgenic Rats That Express Channelrhodopsin-2 in Dorsal Root Ganglion Cells

(2012) Zhi-Gang Ji et al.   PLoS One

Identification of Molecular Pathologies Sufficient to Cause Neuropathic Excitability in Primary Somatosensory Afferents Using Dynamical Systems Theory

(2012) Young-Ah Rho et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Cell type–specific channelrhodopsin-2 transgenic mice for optogenetic dissection of neural circuitry function

(2011) Shengli Zhao et al.   NATURE METHODS

Proper formation of whisker barrelettes requires periphery-derived Smad4-dependent TGF-  signaling

(2011) S. da Silva et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of silent afferents in the pelvic and splanchnic innervations of the mouse colorectum

(2010) Bin Feng et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

Opto-Current-Clamp Actuation of Cortical Neurons Using a Strategically Designed Channelrhodopsin

(2010) Lei Wen et al.   PLoS One

Deletion of PIK3C3/Vps34 in sensory neurons causes rapid neurodegeneration by disrupting the endosomal but not the autophagic pathway

(2010) X. Zhou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of Engineered Channelrhodopsin Variants with Improved Properties and Kinetics

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

Mrgprd-Expressing Polymodal Nociceptive Neurons Innervate Most Known Classes of Substantia Gelatinosa Neurons

(2009) H. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Imaging neural activity in worms, flies and mice with improved GCaMP calcium indicators

(2009) Lin Tian et al.   NATURE METHODS

Biophysical Basis for Three Distinct Dynamical Mechanisms of Action Potential Initiation

(2008) Steven A. Prescott et al.   PLoS Computational Biology