Wireless Optogenetic Modulation of Cortical Neurons Enabled by Radioluminescent Nanoparticles.
ACS Nano
; 15(3): 5201-5208, 2021 03 23.
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ABSTRACT
While offering high-precision control of neural circuits, optogenetics is hampered by the necessity to implant fiber-optic waveguides in order to deliver photons to genetically engineered light-gated neurons in the brain. Unlike laser light, X-rays freely pass biological barriers. Here we show that radioluminescent Gd2(WO4)3Eu nanoparticles, which absorb external X-rays energy and then downconvert it into optical photons with wavelengths of â¼610 nm, can be used for the transcranial stimulation of cortical neurons expressing red-shifted, â¼590-630 nm, channelrhodopsin ReaChR, thereby promoting optogenetic neural control to the practical implementation of minimally invasive wireless deep brain stimulation.
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2021
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