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University of California San DiegoORCID 0000-0002-9164-8608Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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Shannan P. McClain, Xiang Ma, Desiree A. Johnson…·Matthew R. Banghart
This paper introduces photoactivatable opioid drugs for in vivo photopharmacology, enabling rapid, localized manipulation of opioid receptors and associated behaviors.
Xinyi Jenny He, Janki Patel, Connor E. Weiss…·Matthew R. Banghart
The paper shows that mu and delta opioid receptors in hippocampal parvalbumin interneurons signal independently despite convergent and redundant pathways.
Xiang Ma, Desiree A. Johnson, Xinyi Jenny He…·Matthew R. Banghart
The paper develops a caged mu opioid receptor agonist that, when photoactivated, rapidly increases locomotion in mice.