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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Karl Deisseroth, Stanford, CA (US);
Kay Tye, Cambridge, MA (US);
Lief Fenno, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Karl Deisseroth, Stanford, CA (US);
Kay Tye, Cambridge, MA (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 ...
A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A01K 67/027 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/0004 (2013.01); A01K 67/0275 (2013.01); A01K 2227/105 (2013.01); A01K 2267/0393 (2013.01); C12N 2799/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein are animals expressing light-responsive opsin proteins in the basal lateral amygdala of the brain and methods for producing the same wherein illumination of the light-responsive opsin proteins causes anxiety in the animal. Also provided herein are methods for alleviating and inducing anxiety in an animal as well as methods for screening for a compound that alleviates anxiety in an animal.