LSO:Ce Inorganic Scintillators are Biocompatible with Neuronal and Circuit Function
Aundrea F. Bartley, Kavitha Abiraman, Luke T. Stewart, Mohammed Iqbal Hossain, David M Gahan, Abhishek Kamath, Mary Kathyrn Burdette, Shaida Andrabe, Stephen H. Foulger, Lori L. McMahon, Lynn E. Dobrunz
This paper demonstrates that LSO:Ce inorganic scintillators can activate ChR2 and modify synaptic function without harming neurons, suggesting their potential as a non-invasive light delivery system for optogenetics.
Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience · Sep 3, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience