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| Chapter title |
Optogenetic Tools for Confined Stimulation in Deep Brain Structures
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 18 |
| Book title |
Optogenetics
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| Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-3512-3_18 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-3510-9, 978-1-4939-3512-3
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| Authors |
Alexandre Castonguay, Sébastien Thomas, Frédéric Lesage, Christian Casanova |
| Editors |
Arash Kianianmomeni |
| Abstract |
Optogenetics has emerged in the past decade as a technique to modulate brain activity with cell-type specificity and with high temporal resolution. Among the challenges associated with this technique is the difficulty to target a spatially restricted neuron population. Indeed, light absorption and scattering in biological tissues make it difficult to illuminate a minute volume, especially in the deep brain, without the use of optical fibers to guide light. This work describes the design and the in vivo application of a side-firing optical fiber adequate for delivering light to specific regions within a brain subcortical structure. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 8 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 8 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 25% |
| Librarian | 1 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 13% |
| Researcher | 1 | 13% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 13% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 2 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 3 | 38% |
| Engineering | 2 | 25% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 2 | 25% |