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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Karl Deisseroth, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Feng Zhang, Cambridge, MA (US);
David J. Mishelevich, Playa Del Rey, CA (US);
M. Bret Schneider, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Karl Deisseroth, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Feng Zhang, Cambridge, MA (US);
David J. Mishelevich, Playa Del Rey, CA (US);
M. Bret Schneider, Portola Valley, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Abstract
Stimulation of target cells using light, e.g., in vivo, is implemented using a variety of methods and devices. In one example, embodiments involve methods for stimulating target cells using a photosensitive protein that allows the target cells to be stimulated in response to light. In another specific example embodiment, target cells are stimulated using an implantable arrangement. The arrangement includes an electrical light-generation means for generating light and a biological portion. The biological portion has a photosensitive bio-molecular arrangement that responds to the generated light by stimulating target cells in vivo. Other aspects and embodiments are directed to systems and methods for screening chemicals based screening chemicals to identify their effects on cell membrane ion channels and pumps, and to systems and methods for controlling an action potential of neuron (e.g., in in vivo and in vitro environments).