Researchers in Prof. Karl Deisseroth's laboratory have used optogenetic tools to develop an animal model for anxiety by precisely identifying, creating, resolving, and targeting defined neural circuit elements.
Researchers in Prof. Karl Deisseroth's laboratory have combined optogenetics with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to enable highly specific in vivo analysis of brain circuits.
Researchers in Prof. Karl Deisseroth's laboratory have used optogenetic tools to develop an animal model for cocaine-modulated behavior modification by precisely targeting defined neural circuit elements.
Researchers in Prof. Karl Deisseroth's laboratory have engineered a novel channelrhodopsin with enhanced expression, faster speed, and improved targeting.
Researchers in Prof. Karl Deisseroth's laboratory have used optogenetic tools to develop a precise, specific and inexpensive animal model of impaired memory.
Researchers in Prof. Karl Deisseroth's laboratory have developed a minimally invasive technique for delivering light to living tissue without optical fibers.
Researchers in Prof. Karl Deisseroth's laboratory have identified a unifying endophenotype for psychosis that could be used to develop antipsychotic treatments.
Researchers in the laboratories of Dr. Karl Deisseroth and Dr. Peter Hegemann have engineered mutant ChR2 (Channelrhodopsin-2) proteins with light-sensitivity that is increased by orders of magnitude compared to wild-type ChR2.
Researchers in Prof. Karl Deisseroth's lab have discovered and engineered new microbial opsin proteins and cell trafficking tools to enable selective cell-type specific, light-sensitive switches for neuromodulation.
Researchers from Prof. Karl Deisseroth's laboratory have developed techniques for specifically modulating the activity of excitable cells in vivo. This approach introduces light-responsive proteins to create photo-sensitive cells.
Researchers in Dr. Karl Deisseroth's laboratory at Stanford University have developed a novel suite of genetically-encodable, optically-activated modulators of second messengers (such as cAMP and IP3).
The inventors have developed a light-driven chloride pump (NpHR or Halo) for temporally precise optical inhibition of neural activity with ordinary yellow light.
Temporally precise, noninvasive control of neural circuitry is a long-sought goal of neuroscientists and biomedical engineers. Stanford University researchers in the laboratory of Dr.