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An Optogenetic Approach for Assessing Formation of Neuronal Connections in a Co-culture System
Published on: February 17, 2015
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Optogenetic and chemogenetic approaches reveal differences in neuronal circuits that mediate initiation and
Karolina Rojek-Sito1, Ksenia Meyza1, Karolina Ziegart-Sadowska1
1Laboratory of Emotions Neurobiology, BRAINCITY-Centre of Excellence for Neural Plasticity and Brain Disorders, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Plos Biology
|November 29, 2023
Abstract:
For social interaction to be successful, two conditions must be met: the motivation to initiate it and the ability to maintain it. This study uses both optogenetic and chemogenetic approaches to reveal the specific neural pathways that selectively influence those two social interaction components.

