Regulation of parkinsonian motor behaviours by optogenetic control of basal ganglia circuitry

Alexxai V. Kravitz, Benjamin S. Freeze, Philip R. L. Parker, Kenneth Kay, Myo T. Thwin, Karl Deisseroth & Anatol C. Kreitzer,Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, 1650 Owens St, San Francisco, California 94158, USA. Departments of Physiology and Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA. Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, USA. Biomedical Sciences Program, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA. Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA. Departments of Bioengineering and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, California 94305, USA. Regulation of parkinsonian motor behaviours by optogenetic control of basal ganglia circuitry. Nature 466, 622-626 (29 July 2010)