Optogenetics for light control of biological systems

V Emiliani, E Entcheva, R Hedrich… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Optogenetic techniques have been developed to allow control over the activity of selected
cells within a highly heterogeneous tissue, using a combination of genetic engineering and …

Probing neural codes with two-photon holographic optogenetics

H Adesnik, L Abdeladim - Nature neuroscience, 2021‏ - nature.com
Optogenetics ushered in a revolution in how neuroscientists interrogate brain function.
Because of technical limitations, the majority of optogenetic studies have used low spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted activation of hippocampal place cells drives memory-guided spatial behavior

NTM Robinson, LAL Descamps, LE Russell… - Cell, 2020‏ - cell.com
The hippocampus is crucial for spatial navigation and episodic memory formation.
Hippocampal place cells exhibit spatially selective activity within an environment and have …

Cortical layer–specific critical dynamics triggering perception

JH Marshel, YS Kim, TA Machado, S Quirin, B Benson… - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
INTRODUCTION Perceptual experiences in mammals may arise from patterns of neural
circuit activity in cerebral cortex. For example, primary visual cortex (V1) is causally capable …

Fluorescence imaging of large-scale neural ensemble dynamics

TH Kim, MJ Schnitzer - Cell, 2022‏ - cell.com
Recent progress in fluorescence imaging allows neuroscientists to observe the dynamics of
thousands of individual neurons, identified genetically or by their connectivity, across …

The influence of cortical activity on perception depends on behavioral state and sensory context

LE Russell, M Fişek, Z Yang, LP Tan… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The mechanistic link between neural circuit activity and behavior remains unclear. While
manipulating cortical activity can bias certain behaviors and elicit artificial percepts, some …

DeepCGH: 3D computer-generated holography using deep learning

M Hossein Eybposh, NW Caira, M Atisa… - Optics …, 2020‏ - opg.optica.org
The goal of computer-generated holography (CGH) is to synthesize custom illumination
patterns by modulating a coherent light beam. CGH algorithms typically rely on iterative …

Cortico-cortical feedback engages active dendrites in visual cortex

M Fişek, D Herrmann, A Egea-Weiss, M Cloves… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Sensory processing in the neocortex requires both feedforward and feedback information
flow between cortical areas. In feedback processing, higher-level representations provide …

BiPOLES is an optogenetic tool developed for bidirectional dual-color control of neurons

J Vierock, S Rodriguez-Rozada, A Dieter… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Optogenetic manipulation of neuronal activity through excitatory and inhibitory opsins has
become an indispensable experimental strategy in neuroscience research. For many …

Single-neuron perturbations reveal feature-specific competition in V1

SN Chettih, CD Harvey - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
The computations performed by local neural populations, such as a cortical layer, are
typically inferred from anatomical connectivity and observations of neural activity. Here we …