Optogenetics Light-Sensing Proteins and Their Applications

The subject of optogenetics is comprehensively covered in this book, including physical, chemical, and biological topics of light-sensing proteins and their application in biological systems, particularly in neuroscience and medicine and the related opto-electronics. Optogenetics is a new technology...

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Other Authors: Yawo, Hiromu (Editor), Kandori, Hideki (Editor), Koizumi, Amane (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 26 On Optogenetic Tissue Engineering on Visual Cells: A Review on Its Development, Practices, and Application (Misato Ichise and Seigo Yamada)
  • Part V Optogenetics andOpto-electronics
  • 27 CMOS-based Neural Interface Device for Optogenetics (Takashi Tokuda, Toshihiko Noda, Kiyotaka Sasagawa, and Jun Ohta)
  • 28 Use of Channelrhodopsin in the Development of Neuron-Network High-Throughput Screening Devices (Tsuneo Urisu)
  • BM Index
  • Part I Light-Sensing Proteins
  • 1 History and Perspectives of Light-Sensing Proteins (Hideki Kandori)
  • 2 Biology of Light-Sensing Proteins in Plants and Microorganisms (Mineo Iseki and Tetsuo Takahashi)
  • 3 Structure-Functional Analysis of Channelrhodopsins (Hideaki E. Kato, Ryuichiro Ishitani, and Osamu Nureki)
  • 4 Photochemistry of Halorhodopsin (Takashi Kikukawa, Naoki Kamo, and Makoto Demura)
  • 5 Molecular Mechanisms for Ion Transportation of Microbial Rhodopsins Studied by Light-Induced Difference FTIR Spectroscopy (Yuji Furutani)
  • 6 Optogenetic Potentials of Diverse Animal Opsins (Akihisa Terakita, Takashi Nagata, Tomohiro Sugihara, and Mitsumasa Koyanagi)
  • 7 Color Tuning in Retinylidene Proteins (Kota Katayama, Sivakumar Sekharan, and Yuki Sudo)
  • Part II Optogenetics in Biological Systems
  • 8 General Description: Future Prospects of Optogenetics (Hiromu Yawo, Ryo Egawa, Shoko Hososhima, and Lei Wen)
  • 9 Optogenetic Manipulation and Probing (Masamichi Ohkuraand Junichi Nakai)
  • 10 Probing Neuronal Activity Using Genetically Encoded Red Fluorescent Calcium Indicators (Takuya Sasaki)
  • 11 Optogenetic Sensors for Monitoring Intracellular Chloride (Ken Berglund, Lei Wen, and George J. Augustine)
  • 12 Optogenetic Imaging of Protein Activity in the Synapse by Using 2-photon Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (Hideji Murakoshi and Akihiro C E Shibata)
  • 13 Optogenetics in Drosophila (Hiroshi Kohsaka and Akinao Nose)
  • 14 Optogenetics in Caenorhabditis elegans (Yuki Tsukada and Ikue Mori)
  • 15 Optogenetics Research Using the Mouse as a Model System (Kenji F. Tanaka)
  • Part III Optogenetics in Neuroscience
  • 16 Neuroscientific Frontline of Optogenetics (Akihiro Yamanaka)
  • 17 Elucidation of Neuronal Circuitry Involved in the Regulation of Sleep/Wakefulness Using Optogenetics (Tomomi Tsunematsu and Akihiro Yamanaka)
  • 18 Optogenetic Analysis of Striatal Connections to Determine Functional Connectomes (Nao Chuhma)
  • 19 Potentialof Optogenetics for the Behavior Manipulation in Non-human Primates (Masaharu Kinoshita and Tadashi Isa)
  • 20 Activity Regulation in the Study of Neural Plasticity (Shoji Komai)
  • 21 Strategies to Probe Mechanoreception: From Mechanical to Optogenetic Approaches (Zhi-Gang Ji, Toru Ishizuka, and Hiromu Yawo)
  • 22 Casting Light on the Role of Glial Cells in Brain Function (Ko Matsui)
  • Part IV Medical Optogenetics
  • 23 Towards Understanding the Neural Mechanism of Behavioral Phenotypes Seen in Psychiatric Disorders (Nobuhiro Nakai, Ofer Yizhar, and Toru Takumi)
  • 24 Establishment of Gene Therapy Using Channelrhodopsin-2 to Treat Blindness (Eriko Sugano and Hiroshi Tomita)
  • 25 Optogenetic Approaches to Restoring Intrinsic Visual Processing Features in Retinal Ganglion Cells (Zhuo-Hua Pan, Anding Bi, and Qi Lu)