Web page tracking optical control of neural activity
A web page tracking work on the optical control of neural activity, “focusing on the applications of channelrhodopsin-2.”
Maintained by Edward Boyden (the first author on the September optical stimulation paper in Nature that we previously talked about).
November 29th, 2005 at 5:23 pm
Thanks to Edward for pointing us to his website in a comment — i thought i’d make it a story to make sure that everyone heard about it.
January 10th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Channelrhodopsin has now been used to control living worms, simulating their perception of touch.
http://www.current-biology.com/content/article/abstract?uid=PIIS0960982205014077
March 19th, 2006 at 3:59 am
Use of channelrhodopsin is spreading rapidly - I’d estimate that perhaps more than 100 labs are using it, in various animals and in various neuron types. I thought it would be fun to create a mailing list where people can trade advice, reagents, hardware designs, or in ask questions about the use of channelrhodopsin in various neural systems…
http://edboyden.org/mailman/listinfo/channelrhodopsin_edboyden.org