Changing the firing threshold for normal optic nerve axons by the application of infra-red laser light

Abstract Normal optic nerve axons exhibit a temperature dependence, previously explained by a membrane potential hyperpolarization on warming. We now report that near infra-red laser light, delivered via a fibre optic light guide, also affects axonal membrane potential and threshold, at least partly...

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Main Authors: Lavinia J. Austerschmidt, Nadine I. Schottler, Alyssa M. Miller, Mark D. Baker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00084-1