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Web page tracking optical control of neural activity

Posted by Bayle Shanks at 5:19 PM EST

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).

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 29th, 2005 at 5:19 pm by Bayle Shanks and is filed under Methods and techniques. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Web page tracking optical control of neural activity”

  1. Bayle Says:
    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.

  2. Ed Says:
    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

  3. Ed Boyden Says:
    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

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