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Edward S. Boyden

Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Publications -  556
Citations -  46974

Edward S. Boyden is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Optogenetics & Biological neural network. The author has an hindex of 92, co-authored 523 publications receiving 38803 citations. Previous affiliations of Edward S. Boyden include McGovern Institute for Brain Research & Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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Millisecond-timescale, genetically targeted optical control of neural activity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors adapted the naturally occurring algal protein Channelrhodopsin-2, a rapidly gated light-sensitive cation channel, by using lentiviral gene delivery in combination with high-speed optical switching to photostimulate mammalian neurons.
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Independent optical excitation of distinct neural populations

TL;DR: Two channelrhodopsins, Chronos and Chrimson, are described, discovered through sequencing and physiological characterization of opsins from over 100 species of alga, that enable two-color activation of neural spiking and downstream synaptic transmission in independent neural populations without detectable cross-talk in mouse brain slice.
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High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by light-driven proton pumps

TL;DR: Light-driven proton pumps represent a high-performance and extremely versatile class of ‘optogenetic’ voltage and ion modulator, which will broadly enable new neuroscientific, biological, neurological and psychiatric investigations.