WormRuler: A software to track body length used to characterize a super red-shifted channelrhodopsin in Caenorhabditis elegans
Marius Seidenthal, Dennis Vettkötter, Alexander Gottschalk
Abstract
. Expression and activation of ChrimsonSA in GABAergic motor neurons results in their depolarization and therefore elongation of body length, the extent of which providing information about the strength of neuronal transmission.
Topics & Concepts
OptogeneticsCaenorhabditis elegansChannelrhodopsinNeuroscienceToolboxGABAergicBiologyComputer scienceGeneGeneticsInhibitory postsynaptic potentialProgramming languagePhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsCircadian rhythm and melatonin