TY - GEN
T1 - Multipoint optogenetic control of neural activity with tapered and nanostructured optical fibers
AU - Pisanello, Ferruccio
AU - Sileo, Leonardo
AU - Patria, Andrea Della
AU - Pisanello, Marco
AU - De Vittorio, Massimo
AU - Oldenburg, Ian A.
AU - Sabatini, Bernardo L.
AU - Assad, John A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/1/7
Y1 - 2015/1/7
N2 - The combination of genetics and optics for simultaneous control and monitor of neural activity has recently represented a revolution for the investigation of functional connectivity in the living mammalian brain, since it allows to identify the role of specific classes of neurons within specific neural circuits. At the same time, there is the widespread agreement that, for this technique to be successful, new methods and technologies for better matching with the incredibly complex topology of brain networks are needed. In this work we review our recent approach for multisite light delivery in the mouse brain [1], allowing the stimulation of selected portions of neural tissue along the edge of a minimally invasive, nanostructured and gold coated tapered optical fiber.
AB - The combination of genetics and optics for simultaneous control and monitor of neural activity has recently represented a revolution for the investigation of functional connectivity in the living mammalian brain, since it allows to identify the role of specific classes of neurons within specific neural circuits. At the same time, there is the widespread agreement that, for this technique to be successful, new methods and technologies for better matching with the incredibly complex topology of brain networks are needed. In this work we review our recent approach for multisite light delivery in the mouse brain [1], allowing the stimulation of selected portions of neural tissue along the edge of a minimally invasive, nanostructured and gold coated tapered optical fiber.
KW - biophotonics
KW - brain
KW - neural activity
KW - neurophotonics
KW - optical fibers
KW - optogenetics
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U2 - 10.1109/MMS.2015.7375492
DO - 10.1109/MMS.2015.7375492
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84962658986
T3 - Mediterranean Microwave Symposium
BT - 2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium, MMS 2015
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 15th IEEE Mediterranean Microwave Symposium, MMS 2015
Y2 - 30 November 2015 through 2 December 2015
ER -