Curriculum in Neurobiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599, USA.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2012 Nov 1;2(11):a011924. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a011924.
Optogenetic strategies for perturbation of neural circuit function have begun to revolutionize systems neuroscience. Whereas optogenetics has proven to be a powerful approach for studying neural systems, the tools to conduct these experiments are still continuously evolving. Here we briefly summarize available hardware and reagents that can be used for studying behaviors related to reward and addiction. In addition, we discuss recent studies in which these strategies have been applied to study neural circuit function in brain slices as well as awake and behaving animals. Collectively, this work serves as a brief introduction to optogenetic techniques and highlights how these tools can be applied to elucidate the neural circuits that underlie reward processing and addiction.
光遗传学策略在神经回路功能的干扰方面的应用已经开始给系统神经科学带来革命性的变化。虽然光遗传学已被证明是研究神经系统的有力方法,但进行这些实验的工具仍在不断发展。在这里,我们简要总结了可用于研究与奖励和成瘾相关行为的现有硬件和试剂。此外,我们还讨论了最近的一些研究,这些研究应用了这些策略来研究脑切片以及清醒和行为动物中的神经回路功能。总的来说,这项工作是对光遗传学技术的简要介绍,并强调了这些工具如何应用于阐明奖励处理和成瘾的神经回路。