(INVITED)Review of Optical Fiber Technologies for Optogenetics
Anastasios Tsakas, Christos Tselios, Dimitris Ampeliotis, Christina Politi, Dimitris Alexandropoulos
Abstract
Research in the field of Optogenetics has matured to the extent that in vivo implementations are more frequent in the literature. The majority of these employs different variants of optical fibers, including standard optical fibers, fiber bundles and tapered fibers. In the present contribution we review the application of optical fibers in optogenetics, in terms of critical requirements (biocompatabiliy, minimal invasiveness, spatial accuracy, etc) for in vivo demonstrations.
Topics & Concepts
OptogeneticsOptical fiberFiberImplementationComputer scienceMaterials scienceOpticsNeuroscienceTelecommunicationsPhysicsBiologySoftware engineeringComposite materialPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchMolecular Communication and NanonetworksNeuroscience and Neural Engineering