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| Chapter title |
Optogenetic Modulation of Locomotor Activity on Free-Behaving Rats
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 13 |
| 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_13 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-3510-9, 978-1-4939-3512-3
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| Authors |
Kedi Xu, Jiacheng Zhang, Songchao Guo, Xiaoxiang Zheng Ph.D., Xiaoxiang Zheng |
| Editors |
Arash Kianianmomeni |
| Abstract |
The technology of optogenetics provides a new method to modulate neural activity with spatial specificity and millisecond-temporal scale. This nonelectrical modulation method also gives chance for simultaneous electrophysiological recording during stimulations. Here, we describe our locomotor activity modulation on free-behaving rats using optogenetic techniques. The target sites of the rat brain were dorsal periaqueductal gray (dPAG) and ventral tegmental area (VTA) for the modulation of defensive and reward behaviors, respectively. |
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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 % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 7 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 3 | 38% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 2 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 25% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 25% |
| Psychology | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 3 | 38% |