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Optogenetics

Optogenetics is a biomedical optics technique that uses light to control genetically targeted cells, typically neurons, expressing light-sensitive ion channels or pumps, thereby enabling precise modulation of cellular activity with high spatiotemporal resolution.

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Millisecond-timescale, genetically targeted optical control of neural activity

Edward S. Boyden, Feng Zhang, Ernst Bamberg et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2005 · 4.9K citations

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Regulation of parkinsonian motor behaviours by optogenetic control of basal ganglia circuitry

Alexxai V. Kravitz, Benjamin Freeze, Philip R. L. Parker et al. · Nature · 2010 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Optogenetics in Neural Systems

Ofer Yizhar, Lief E. Fenno, Thomas J. Davidson et al. · Neuron · 2011 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Optogenetic stimulation of a hippocampal engram activates fear memory recall

Xu Liu, Steve Ramirez, Petti T. Pang et al. · Nature · 2012 · 1.8K citations

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

Linda Madisen, Tianyi Mao, Henner Koch et al. · Nature Neuroscience · 2012 · 1.5K citations

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  1. KD
    Karl Deisseroth

    Stanford University, United States

    88 publications · 33K citations

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    Edward S. Boyden

    McGovern Institute for Brain Research, United States

    41 publications · 14.5K citations

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    Peter Hegemann

    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

    37 publications · 5.6K citations

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    Dirk Trauner

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

    25 publications · 1.9K citations

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    Ofer Yizhar

    Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

    20 publications · 7.4K citations

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  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    82 h-index

    609 publications

    166.3K citations

  2. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    71 h-index

    271 publications

    79.3K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    48 h-index

    360 publications

    41.5K citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    48 h-index

    280 publications

    66.9K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    47 h-index

    502 publications

    35.3K citations

  6. McGovern Institute for Brain Research

    Cambridge, United States

    41 h-index

    166 publications

    42.1K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    41 h-index

    302 publications

    24.7K citations

  8. Inserm

    Paris, France

    40 h-index

    362 publications

    26.2K citations

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  1. Nature Communications

    150 publications · 14.5K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 79 publications · 9.2K citations

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  3. Scientific Reports

    112 publications · 5.5K citations

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  4. Nature Methods

    47 publications · 11.5K citations

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  5. eLife

    61 publications · 5.8K citations

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