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Optogenetic Activation of Zebrafish Somatosensory Neurons using ChEF-tdTomato
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Optogenetic Activation of Zebrafish Somatosensory Neurons using ChEF-tdTomato

Optogenetic Activation of Zebrafish Somatosensory Neurons using ChEF-tdTomato

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January 31, 2013

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07:25 min
January 31, 2013

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Optogenetic techniques have made it possible to study the contribution of specific neurons to behavior. We describe a method in larval zebrafish for activating single somatosensory neurons expressing a channelrhodopsin variant (ChEF) with a diode-pumped solid state (DPSS) laser and recording the elicited behaviors with a high-speed video camera.

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