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Light hitting a neuron expressing opsin.
This three-dimensional rendering illustrates light hitting a neuron bearing light-sensitive channels. When light impinges upon the neuron, the channels open, electrically exciting the neuron (depicted as white highlights). (See Börgers et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002362)
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ed Boyden, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, and Sputnik Animation.
Citation: (2012) PLoS Computational Biology Issue Image | Vol. 8(2) February 2012. PLoS Comput Biol 8(2): ev08.i02. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pcbi.v08.i02
Published: February 23, 2012
Copyright: © 2012 MIT McGovern Institute and Ed Boyden. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
This three-dimensional rendering illustrates light hitting a neuron bearing light-sensitive channels. When light impinges upon the neuron, the channels open, electrically exciting the neuron (depicted as white highlights). (See Börgers et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002362)
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ed Boyden, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, and Sputnik Animation.