The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
发明人:
Deisseroth Karl,Tye Kay,Fenno Lief
申请号：
US201615194379
公开号：
US9968652(B2)
申请日:
2016.06.27
申请国别(地区):
美国
年份:
2018
代理人:
Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP `Borden Paula A.
摘要：
Provided herein are animals expressing light-responsive opsin proteins in the basal lateral amygdala of the brain and methods for producing the same wherein illumination of the light-responsive opsin proteins causes anxiety in the animal. Also provided herein are methods for alleviating and inducing anxiety in an animal as well as methods for screening for a compound that alleviates anxiety in an animal.
