Sentences with phrase «as channelrhodopsins»

We also utilise a number of optical methods including single cell imaging and photo - activated ion channels such as Channelrhodopsins.

By genetically inserting light - activated biological molecules such as channelrhodopsins, a family of proteins found in algae, into neurons, scientists can instantaneously turn them on using beams of blue light with millisecond precision.

The tagging method, known as channelrhodopsin - assisted patching, was developed by Muñoz and Robin Tremblay, PhD, a co-lead investigator of the study.

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The EHT (E90 - Helix2 - tilt) model describes the mode of action of channelrhodopsin - 2 as follows: the light - sensitive group of the protein, i.e. the retinal, is twistedunder incidence of light.

Its versatile usage has established channelrhodopsin - 2 (ChR2) as the most prominent optogenetic tool.

Pan's paper, it seemed, was too narrow, only focusing on using channelrhodopsin to restore vision, while Boyden's paper took the broad view of thinking of channelrhodopsin as a tool for neuroscience in general.

The basis of this technique is to genetically modify neurons to express light - sensitive ion channels such as excitatory channelrhodopsin or inhibitory halorhodospin and then use light to control the on / off status of neuronal excitation.