Optogenetics in the teaching laboratory: using channelrhodopsin-2 to study the neural basis of behavior and synaptic physiology in Drosophila

Activation of groups of excitatory neurons in the mammalian spinal cord or hindbrain evokes locomotion

(2010) Martin Hägglund et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A comparison of electrically evoked and channel rhodopsin-evoked postsynaptic potentials in the pharyngeal system of Caenorhabditis elegans

(2009) Christopher J. Franks et al.   INVERTEBRATE NEUROSCIENCE

Temporal Dynamics of Neuronal Activation by Channelrhodopsin-2 and TRPA1 Determine Behavioral Output in Drosophila Larvae

(2009) Stefan R. Pulver et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Escape Behavior Elicited by Single, Channelrhodopsin-2-Evoked Spikes in Zebrafish Somatosensory Neurons

(2008) Adam D. Douglass et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

An internal thermal sensor controlling temperature preference in Drosophila

(2008) Fumika N. Hamada et al.   NATURE

Optogenetic analysis of synaptic function

(2008) Jana F Liewald et al.   NATURE METHODS