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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Karl Deisseroth, Stanford, CA (US);
Ofer Yizhar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lief Fenno, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Karl Deisseroth, Stanford, CA (US);
Ofer Yizhar, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lief Fenno, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/50 (2006.01); A01K 67/027 (2006.01); C07K 14/405 (2006.01); C12N 5/0793 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 67/0275 (2013.01); C07K 14/405 (2013.01); C12N 5/0619 (2013.01); G01N 33/5088 (2013.01); G01N 33/5091 (2013.01); A01K 2217/206 (2013.01); A01K 2227/105 (2013.01); A01K 2267/0393 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein are compositions comprising non-human animals comprising neurons expressing stabilized step function opsin proteins on neural plasma membranes and methods of using the same to selectively depolarize neurons residing in microcircuits of the pre-frontal cortex to affect one or more social behaviors, communications, and/or conditioned behaviors in the non-human animal.