Patents Assigned to The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jnior Universtiy
  • Optically-Controlled CNS Dysfunction
    Publication number: 20130295015
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Jnior Universtiy
    Inventors: Karl Deisseroth, Kay Tye, Lief Fenno