Hearing the light: neural and perceptual encoding of optogenetic stimulation in the central auditory pathway

Optogenetics provides a means to dissect the organization and function of neural circuits. Optogenetics also offers the translational promise of restoring sensation, enabling movement or supplanting abnormal activity patterns in pathological brain circuits. However, the inherent sluggishness of evok...

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Main Authors: Hight, Ariel E. (Author), Chen, Jenny X. (Author), Klapoetke, Nathan Cao (Contributor), Hancock, Kenneth E. (Author), Shinn-Cunningham, Barbara G. (Author), Lee, Daniel J. (Author), Polley, Daniel B. (Author), Boyden, Edward Stuart (Contributor), Guo, Wei, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Contributor), Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2015-09-09T16:13:06Z.
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