Glial optogenetic tools
Publication [Sara Mederos, Alicia Hernández‐Vivanco, Jorge Ramírez‐Franco, Mario Martín‐Fernández, Marta Navarrete, Aimei Yang, Edward S. Boyden, Gertrudis Perea (2019) Melanopsin for precise optogenetic activation of astrocyte‐neuron networks, Glia 67(5):915-934.]
Plasmids, plasmid maps, and plasmid preparation protocols, as well as viruses (AAV, lentivirus), available at [Addgene]
Publication [Perea, G., Yang, A., Boyden, E. S., Sur, M. (2014) Optogenetic astrocyte activation modulates response selectivity of visual cortex neurons in vivo, Nature Communications 5:3262.]
Plasmids, plasmid maps, and plasmid preparation protocols, as well as viruses (AAV, lentivirus), available at [Addgene]
Viruses (AAV, lentivirus) available at [UNC vector core]
Viruses (AAV, lentivirus) available at [U. Penn vector core]
Contact [Prof. Ed Boyden] with questions, comments, or to check for updates.