Complete optical neurophysiology: toward optical stimulation and recording of neural tissue.
Author: Wininger FA, Schei JL, Rector DM.
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology, Washington State University, 205 Wegner Hall, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.
Conference/Journal: Appl Opt.
Date published: 2009 Apr 1
Other:
Volume ID: 48 , Issue ID: 10 , Pages: D218-24 , Word Count: 100
Direct optical methods to stimulate and record neural activity provide artifact-free, noninvasive, and noncontact neurophysiological procedures. For stimulation, focused mid-infrared light alters membrane potential and activates individual neural processes. Simultaneous intrinsic scattered light parameters, including birefringence changes, can record neural activity with signals similar to potentiometric dyes. The simultaneous combination of optical stimulation and optical recording techniques provide the potential for powerful tools that may someday remove the need for invasive wires during electrophysiological recordings.
PMID: 19340112 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] PMCID: PMC2665921
KEYWORDS biophoton photon membrane electrical otential
full article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2665921/
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