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. 2016 Jun 29;8:18. doi: 10.3389/fnsyn.2016.00018

Table 1.

Cell-specific optogenetic applications in C. elegans.

Single-cell stimulation approach Circuit Cells manipulated References
Cre or FLP
recombinase application
Avoidance ASH, AVA Ezcurra et al., 2011
Locomotion ASH, AVA, PVC Schmitt et al., 2012
Avoidance circuit during sleep behavior ASH, AVA, RIM, RIG Cho and Sternberg, 2014
Nociception and avoidance ASH, ASI*, ADF* Guo et al., 2015
Selective illumination Locomotion DB, VB Leifer et al., 2011
Avoidance ASH, RIM Guo et al., 2009
ALM, AVM, PLM Stirman et al., 2011
Leifer et al., 2011
Shipley et al., 2014
Nociception AQR, FLP, PVD Husson et al., 2012a
ASH, ALM, AVM Husson et al., 2012b
PVD Cohen et al., 2014
Chemotaxis AIB, AIY, AIZ, RME, SMB Kocabas et al., 2012
ASER Luo et al., 2014
Feeding MC, M1, M2, M4 Trojanowski et al., 2014
*

Optogenetic manipulation driven by neuronal type-specific promoters rather than Cre/FLP recombinase application.