Deciphering the Mysteries of Behavior with Viral Vectors
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...researchers injected Cre-expressing AAV-5 into the DRN of a transgenic mouse harbouring a Cre-dependent IL-1...injected AAV2 particles into a Drd1-Cre transgenic mouse to deliver Cre-dependent expression of Channelrhodopsin...-1 beta overexpression cassette. Expression of Cre in these neurons turns on overexpression of IL-1 beta... (Howerton at al. 2014). Addgene has several recombinase-expressing ready-made AAV vectors which can be...2014). Scientists from the University of Geneva (Creed et al., 2015) used optogenetics to support these...transmission from the mPFC projections to the NAc and decreased the locomotion of the animal. This confirms the...behavior in rats in the forced swim test as seen by increasing the ratio of time spent actively swimming versus...