Light controls cerebral blood flow in naive animals

Combination of optogenetics and BOLD fMRI is routinely used to map neuronal activity upon photostimulation. Here the authors show that light, shone at intensities used in optogenetic studies, dilates vessels and increases blood flow independently of exogenous light-sensitive proteins in the mouse br...

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Main Authors: Ravi L Rungta, Bruno-Félix Osmanski, Davide Boido, Mickael Tanter, Serge Charpak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14191