Connor E. Weiss

Optoretinography in R9AP-bradyopsia reveals the essential role of G-protein signaling in the human cone elongation response

This study uses optoretinography in R9AP-bradyopsia patients to show that G-protein signaling is essential for the human cone elongation response.

Optoretinography reveals rapid rod photoreceptor movement upon photoisomerization

This study uses optical imaging to show rapid rod photoreceptor contraction after photoisomerization, linking it to the early receptor potential and demonstrating a voltage-dependent membrane tension model.

Sonogenetic control of mammalian cells using exogenous Transient Receptor Potential A1 channels

This paper demonstrates that expressing human TRPA1 channels in neurons allows ultrasound to control neural activity in the intact mammalian brain.

Convergent, functionally independent signaling by mu and delta opioid receptors in hippocampal parvalbumin interneurons

The paper shows that mu and delta opioid receptors in hippocampal parvalbumin interneurons signal independently despite convergent and redundant pathways.

Two parallel pathways are required for ultrasound-evoked behavioral changes in Caenorhabditis elegans

This study identifies two mechanosensitive proteins, TRP-4 and MEC-4, that work in parallel to mediate ultrasound-evoked behavioral responses in C. elegans.