Activity-dependent expression of Channelrhodopsin at neuronal synapses

Changes to subsets of dendritic spines are thought to be important for memory formation. Here, the authors develop a hybrid RNA/protein tool that allows for optogenetic stimulation of single synapses that have been tagged in an activity-dependent manner

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Francesco Gobbo, Laura Marchetti, Ajesh Jacob, Bruno Pinto, Noemi Binini, Federico Pecoraro Bisogni, Claudia Alia, Stefano Luin, Matteo Caleo, Tommaso Fellin, Laura Cancedda, Antonino Cattaneo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01699-7