Photochemical control of endogenous ion channels and cellular excitability

Millisecond-timescale, genetically targeted optical control of neural activity

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Neural Mechanism, Optical Manipulation, Neuroscience +4

Melanopsin-Containing Retinal Ganglion Cells: Architecture, Projections, and Intrinsic Photosensitivity

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Biophysical and Molecular Mechanisms of <i>Shaker</i> Potassium Channel Inactivation

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Biophysical Modeling, Cytoskeleton, Cellular Physiology +21

Light Activation of Channelrhodopsin-2 in Excitable Cells of Caenorhabditis elegans Triggers Rapid Behavioral Responses

Georg Nagel, Martin Brauner, Jana Liewald et al. · Current Biology · 2005 · 1K citations · Full text

Photoreceptor Cell, Signal Transduction, Molecular Physiology +11

Channelrhodopsin-2–assisted circuit mapping of long-range callosal projections

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Bioelectronics, Ion Channels, Intercellular Communication +5