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Adult-born neurons expressing ChR2 can be manipulated in slice electrophysiological preparations in order to examine their contribution towards the function of olfactory neural circuits.
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Valley, M., Wagner, S., Gallarda, B. W., Lledo, P. Using Affordable LED Arrays for Photo-Stimulation of Neurons. J. Vis. Exp. (57), e3379, doi:10.3791/3379 (2011).
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