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Genetically encoded voltage sensor goes live

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A genetically encoded voltage indicator enables robust optical recording of membrane voltage changes in the fly brain.

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Figure 1: Cao et al.1 demonstrate genetically targeted, single-trial voltage imaging in the intact brain of Drosophila in vivo.

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  1. James H. Marshel and Karl Deisseroth are both in the Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.,

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  2. Karl Deisseroth is in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.,

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Marshel, J., Deisseroth, K. Genetically encoded voltage sensor goes live. Nat Biotechnol 31, 994–995 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2738

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