Exciting inhibition in primates

Elife. 2020 Jul 1:9:e59381. doi: 10.7554/eLife.59381.

Authors

Wim Vanduffel^{1

2

3

4}, Xiaolian Li^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven Medical School, Leuven, Belgium.
² Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven Medical School, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
⁴ Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, United States.

Abstract

A new genetic marker enables precise control over a group of inhibitory neurons in monkeys.

Keywords: GABA; neurons; neuroscience; neurotransmitters; optogenetics; rhesus macaque; vision.

© 2020, Vanduffel and Li.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Cerebral Cortex
GABAergic Neurons
Macaca*
Optogenetics*
Primates