Selective optical control of synaptic transmission in the subcortical visual pathway by activation of viral vector-expressed halorhodopsin.

The superficial layer of the superior colliculus (sSC) receives visual inputs via two different pathways: from the retina and the primary visual cortex. However, the functional significance of each input for the operation of the sSC circuit remains to be identified. As a first step toward understand...

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Main Authors: Katsuyuki Kaneda, Hironori Kasahara, Ryosuke Matsui, Tomoko Katoh, Hiroaki Mizukami, Keiya Ozawa, Dai Watanabe, Tadashi Isa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3071716?pdf=render