Red light optogenetics in neuroscience

K Lehtinen, MS Nokia, H Takala - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Optogenetics, a field concentrating on controlling cellular functions by means of light-
activated proteins, has shown tremendous potential in neuroscience. It possesses superior …

Practical considerations in an era of multicolor optogenetics

DJ Rindner, G Lur - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The ability to control synaptic communication is indispensable to modern neuroscience.
Until recently, only single-pathway manipulations were possible due to limited availability of …

Non-Hebbian plasticity transforms transient experiences into lasting memories

I Faress, V Khalil, WH Hou, A Moreno, N Andersen… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
The dominant models of learning and memory, such as Hebbian plasticity, propose that
experiences are transformed into memories through input-specific synaptic plasticity at the …

Tailoring Organic LEDs for Bidirectional Optogenetic Control via Dual‐Color Switching

G Ciccone, I Meloni… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Revealing the intricate logic of neuronal circuits and its connection to the physiopathology of
living systems constitutes a fundamental question in neuroscience. Optogenetics offers the …

Strategies to decipher neuron identity from extracellular recordings in the cerebellum of behaving non-human primates

DJ Herzfeld, NJ Hall, SG Lisberger - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Identification of neuron type is critical to understand computation in neural circuits through
extracellular recordings in awake, behaving animal subjects. Yet, modern recording probes …

Non-Hebbian plasticity produces long-lasting associative memories

I Faress, V Khalil, WH Hou, A Moreno, N Andersen… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The dominant models of learning and memory, such as Hebbian plasticity, propose that
experiences are transformed into memories through input-specific synaptic plasticity at the …

New ways of controlling neurons with light: optogenetic tools designed for multimodal neuronal manipulations

S Rodriguez-Rozada - 2021 - ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de
Perturbation of neural activity by optogenetic means is a powerful approach to probe the
function of defined neuronal populations from the synaptic to the behavioral level. Despite …