Optogenetic astrocyte activation modulates response selectivity of visual cortex neurons in vivo

Astrocytes play important roles in synaptic transmission and plasticity. Despite in vitro evidence, their causal contribution to cortical network activity and sensory information processing in vivo remains unresolved. Here we report that selective photostimulation of astrocytes with channelrhodopsin...

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Main Authors: Perea, Gertrudis, Yang, Aimei, Sur, Mriganka, Boyden, Edward
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92267
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2442-5671
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0419-3351