Adeno-associated viral vectors in neuroscience research

DL Haggerty, GG Grecco, KC Reeves… - … therapy Methods & …, 2020‏ - cell.com
Adeno-associated viral vectors (AAVs) are increasingly useful preclinical tools in
neuroscience research studies for interrogating cellular and neurocircuit functions and …

Nanowired bioelectric interfaces: focus review

B Tian, CM Lieber - Chemical reviews, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Biological systems have evolved biochemical, electrical, mechanical, and genetic networks
to perform essential functions across various length and time scales. High-aspect-ratio …

[HTML][HTML] An open resource for non-human primate optogenetics

S Tremblay, L Acker, A Afraz, DL Albaugh, H Amita… - Neuron, 2020‏ - cell.com
Optogenetics has revolutionized neuroscience in small laboratory animals, but its effect on
animal models more closely related to humans, such as non-human primates (NHPs), has …

[HTML][HTML] The functional characterization of callosal connections

GM Innocenti, K Schmidt, C Milleret, M Fabri… - Progress in …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The brain operates through the synaptic interaction of distant neurons within flexible, often
heterogeneous, distributed systems. Histological studies have detailed the connections …

Optimal anticipatory control as a theory of motor preparation: A thalamo-cortical circuit model

TC Kao, MS Sadabadi, G Hennequin - Neuron, 2021‏ - cell.com
Across a range of motor and cognitive tasks, cortical activity can be accurately described by
low-dimensional dynamics unfolding from specific initial conditions on every trial. These" …

Multimodal neural probes for combined optogenetics and electrophysiology

H Tian, K Xu, L Zou, Y Fang - Iscience, 2022‏ - cell.com
To understand how brain functions arise from interconnected neural networks, it is
necessary to develop tools that can allow simultaneous manipulation and recording of …

[HTML][HTML] AAV-GRN partially corrects motor deficits and ALS/FTLD-related pathology in Tmem106b−/− Grn−/− mice

T Feng, G Minevich, P Liu, HX Qin, G Wozniak, J Pham… - Iscience, 2023‏ - cell.com
Loss of function of progranulin (PGRN), encoded by the granulin (GRN) gene, is implicated
in several neurodegenerative diseases. Several therapeutics to boost PGRN levels are …

Expression of the excitatory opsin ChRERα can be traced longitudinally in rat and nonhuman primate brains with PET imaging

J Bonaventura, MA Boehm, HP Jedema… - Science translational …, 2023‏ - science.org
Optogenetics is a widely used technology with potential for translational research. A critical
component of such applications is the ability to track the location of the transduced opsin in …

Using rAAV2-retro in rhesus macaques: promise and caveats for circuit manipulation

AK Cushnie, HG El-Nahal, MO Bohlen, PJ May… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Background Recent genetic technologies such as opto-and chemogenetics allow for the
manipulation of brain circuits with unprecedented precision. Most studies employing these …

Micro-LED array-based photo-stimulation devices for optogenetics in rat and macaque monkey brains

Y Ohta, MC Guinto, T Tokuda, M Kawahara… - IEEE …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optogenetics is a powerful tool for controlling biological functions using light. Optical fibers
have been extensively utilized in optical stimulation devices for optogenetics. However, the …