High-performance microbial opsins for spatially and temporally precise perturbations of large neuronal networks

S Sridharan, MA Gajowa, MB Ogando, UK Jagadisan… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
The biophysical properties of existing optogenetic tools constrain the scale, speed, and
fidelity of precise optogenetic control. Here, we use structure-guided mutagenesis to …

Emerging biophysical techniques for probing synaptic transmission in neurodegenerative disorders

MB Kale, NL Wankhede, AK Bishoyi, S Ballal, R Kalia… - Neuroscience, 2024 - Elsevier
Plethora of research has shed light on the critical role of synaptic dysfunction in various
neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs), including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's …

Neurophotonic tools for microscopic measurements and manipulation: status report

AS Abdelfattah, S Ahuja, T Akkin, SR Allu… - …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Neurophotonics was launched in 2014 coinciding with the launch of the BRAIN Initiative
focused on development of technologies for advancement of neuroscience. For the last …

Scanless two-photon voltage imaging

RR Sims, I Bendifallah, C Grimm… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Two-photon voltage imaging has long been heralded as a transformative approach capable
of answering many long-standing questions in modern neuroscience. However, exploiting …

Neural-network-based methods in digital and computer-generated holography: a review

PA Cheremkhin, DA Rymov, AS Svistunov… - Journal of Optical …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Subject of study. An overview of modern neural-network-based methods for digital and
computer-generated holography is presented. Relevant works on phase and amplitude …

Multicolor two-photon light-patterning microscope exploiting the spatio-temporal properties of a fiber bundle

A Lorca-Cámara, C Tourain, V de Sars… - Biomedical Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
The development of efficient genetically encoded indicators and actuators has opened up
the possibility of reading and manipulating neuronal activity in living tissues with light. To …

High-throughput in vivo synaptic connectivity mapping of neuronal micro-circuits using two-photon holographic optogenetics and compressive sensing

IW Chen, CY Chan, P Navarro, V de Sars, E Ronzitti… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Understanding the intricate synaptic connectivity in living neural circuits is crucial for
unraveling the relationship between network structure and function, as well as its evolution …

Descanned fast light targeting (deFLiT) two-photon optogenetics

C Telliez, V De Sars, V Emiliani… - Biomedical optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Two-photon light-targeting optogenetics allows controlling selected subsets of neurons with
near single-cell resolution and high temporal precision. To push forward this approach, we …

Reversible light-responsive protein hydrogel for on-demand cell encapsulation and release

OP Narayan, J Dong, M Huang, L Chen, L Liu… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2025 - Elsevier
The design of biomaterials that can reconfigure on-demand in response to external stimuli is
an emerging area in materials research. However, achieving reversible assembly of protein …

Two-photon all-optical neurophysiology for the dissection of larval zebrafish brain functional and effective connectivity

L Turrini, P Ricci, M Sorelli, G de Vito… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
One of the most audacious goals of modern neuroscience is unraveling the complex web of
causal relations underlying the activity of neuronal populations on a whole-brain scale. This …