Optogenetic Patterning of Whisker-Barrel Cortical System in Transgenic Rat Expressing Channelrhodopsin-2

• Tatsuya Honjoh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuya Honjoh, Zhi-Gang Ji

  Affiliations Department of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences, Sendai, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Core Research of Evolutional Science & Technology (CREST), Tokyo, Japan

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• Zhi-Gang Ji ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuya Honjoh, Zhi-Gang Ji

  Current address: Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  Affiliations Department of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences, Sendai, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Core Research of Evolutional Science & Technology (CREST), Tokyo, Japan

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• Yukinobu Yokoyama,

  Affiliations Department of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences, Sendai, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Core Research of Evolutional Science & Technology (CREST), Tokyo, Japan

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• Akira Sumiyoshi,

  Affiliation Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

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• Yuma Shibuya,

  Affiliation Department of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences, Sendai, Japan

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• Yoshiya Matsuzaka,

  Affiliations Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Core Research of Evolutional Science & Technology (CREST), Tokyo, Japan, Department of Physiology, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

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• Ryuta Kawashima,

  Affiliation Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

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• Hajime Mushiake,

  Affiliations Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Core Research of Evolutional Science & Technology (CREST), Tokyo, Japan, Department of Physiology, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Center for Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

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• Toru Ishizuka,

  Affiliations Department of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences, Sendai, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Core Research of Evolutional Science & Technology (CREST), Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiromu Yawo

  * E-mail: yawo-hiromu@m.tohoku.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences, Sendai, Japan, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Core Research of Evolutional Science & Technology (CREST), Tokyo, Japan, Center for Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

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