Considering optogenetic stimulation for cochlear implants

M Jeschke, T Moser - Hearing research, 2015 - Elsevier
Electrical cochlear implants are by far the most successful neuroprostheses and have been
implanted in over 300,000 people worldwide. Cochlear implants enable open speech …

Transparent intracortical microprobe array for simultaneous spatiotemporal optical stimulation and multichannel electrical recording

J Lee, I Ozden, YK Song, AV Nurmikko - Nature methods, 2015 - nature.com
Optogenetics, the selective excitation or inhibition of neural circuits by light, has become a
transformative approach for dissecting functional brain microcircuits, particularly in in vivo …

[HTML][HTML] Prospects for optogenetic augmentation of brain function

S Jarvis, SR Schultz - Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The ability to optically control neural activity opens up possibilities for the restoration of
normal function following neurological disorders. The temporal precision, spatial resolution …

Novel method to assess axonal excitability using channelrhodopsin-based photoactivation

Y Zhu, B Feng, ES Schwartz… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Measuring the excitability of individual axons is complicated by the prohibitive difficulty in
obtaining intracellular recordings. Here, we present an innovative methodology that enables …

Optical Waveguide Mode Selection Based Pattern-adjustable Optrode for Optogenetics

N Dong, W Jiang, P Degenaar, X Sun - Optics and the Brain, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Pattern-adjustable optrode based on optical waveguide mode selection is proposed for
optogenetics. Multi-mode silica-on-silicon waveguide is used for demonstration to observe …

PyRhO: a virtual optogenetics laboratory

BD Evans, S Jarvis, SR Schultz, K Nikolic - BMC Neuroscience, 2015 - Springer
Optogenetics has become a key tool for understanding the function of neural circuits and
controlling their behaviour. An array of opsins have been genetically isolated from several …