Chapter 6 Optogenetic actuation, inhibition, modulation and readout for neuronal networks generating behavior in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

• Main Author: de Bono, Mario (auth)
• Other Authors: Schafer, William R. (auth), Gottschalk, Alexander (auth), Hegemann, Peter (Editor), Sigrist, Stephan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2013
• Subjects: Biophysics; Genetics (non-medical); Neurosciences; Human biology; Genetic Engineering; Neuroscience; Optics; Vision Restoration
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Elucidating the mechanisms by which nervous systems process information and generate behavior is among the fundamental problems of biology. The complexity of our brain and plasticity of our behaviors make it challenging to understand even simple human actions in terms of molecular mechanisms and neu...