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High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by light-driven proton pumps

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  • Brian Y. Chow

    (The MIT Media Laboratory, Synthetic Neurobiology Group
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • Xue Han

    (The MIT Media Laboratory, Synthetic Neurobiology Group
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • Allison S. Dobry

    (The MIT Media Laboratory, Synthetic Neurobiology Group
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • Xiaofeng Qian

    (The MIT Media Laboratory, Synthetic Neurobiology Group
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • Amy S. Chuong

    (The MIT Media Laboratory, Synthetic Neurobiology Group
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • Mingjie Li

    (The MIT Media Laboratory, Synthetic Neurobiology Group
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • Michael A. Henninger

    (The MIT Media Laboratory, Synthetic Neurobiology Group
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • Gabriel M. Belfort

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • Yingxi Lin

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • Patrick E. Monahan

    (The MIT Media Laboratory, Synthetic Neurobiology Group
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • Edward S. Boyden

    (The MIT Media Laboratory, Synthetic Neurobiology Group
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

Abstract

Light switch for neural circuits The experimental use of microbial opsins — light-sensitive ion channels — has ushered in a revolution in neuroscience, as they make it possible to modulate the activity of genetically targeted neurons in response to exogenous light. Now, Ed Boyden and colleagues have screened archaebacteria, bacteria, plants and fungi for opsins with novel properties and have found a fundamentally new mechanism for neural control: light-driven proton pumping. Although protons are not used natively as charge carriers by neural systems, light-driven proton pumping by archaerhodopsin-3 from Halorubrum sodomense mediates powerful neural silencing in response to light. And a proton pump from the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans enables neural silencing by blue light. The use of these reagents will facilitate the shutdown of neural circuits with light as a tool for studying the role of neural circuits in behaviour and pathology.

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  • Brian Y. Chow & Xue Han & Allison S. Dobry & Xiaofeng Qian & Amy S. Chuong & Mingjie Li & Michael A. Henninger & Gabriel M. Belfort & Yingxi Lin & Patrick E. Monahan & Edward S. Boyden, 2010. "High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by light-driven proton pumps," Nature, Nature, vol. 463(7277), pages 98-102, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:463:y:2010:i:7277:d:10.1038_nature08652
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08652
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