Intersectional illumination of neural circuit function

William E Allen; Liqun Luo

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2015.02.032

Intersectional illumination of neural circuit function

Neuron. 2015 Mar 4;85(5):889-92. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.02.032.

Authors

William E Allen¹, Liqun Luo²

Affiliations

¹ Neurosciences Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
² Neurosciences Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: lluo@stanford.edu.

Abstract

In this issue of Neuron, Madisen et al. (2015) report the construction of several new transgenic mouse lines that apply intersectional genetic tools to achieve high levels of expression and cell-type specificity, providing a useful resource for future studies.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Gene Targeting / methods*
Integrases / genetics*
Neurons / physiology*
Optogenetics / methods*

Substances

Cre recombinase
Integrases

Grants and funding

R01 NS050835/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States