A Membrane-Targeted Photoswitch Potently Modulates Neuronal Firing
Mattia Lorenzo DiFrancesco, Francesco Lodola, Elisabetta Colombo, Luca Maragliano, Giuseppe Maria Paternò, Mattia Bramini, Simone Cimò, Letizia Colella, Daniele Fazzi, Cyril G. Eleftheriou, José Fernando Maya‐Vetencourt, Chiara Bertarelli, Guglielmo Lanzani, Fabio Benfenati
This paper describes a membrane-targeted photoswitch that modulates neuronal firing by altering membrane capacitance, without affecting ion channels or temperature.
bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2019 · PreprintNeuroscience