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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephan Lammel, Stanford, CA (US);
ByungKook Lim, La Jolla, CA (US);
Robert C. Malenka, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/177 (2013.01); A61K 49/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method of inducing or modulating reward- or aversive-related behaviors in animals using light-responsive opsins. The present disclosure provides methods of identifying or screening compounds that may be used to treating mental disorders, or are relevant to disrupt or improve reward- or aversive related behaviors.