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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2017 Feb 25;125(3):547–563. doi: 10.1007/s00702-017-1697-8

Table 1.

Summary of technical aspects and major contributions of publications to date using optogenetic and chemogenetic techniques in nonhuman primates.

Publication Species Viral Vector
Transduction Target
Virus Promoter Transgene
Optogenetic Studies

Han et. al 2009 Macaca mulatta Lenti CaMKIIα ChR2 Cortex (PMC and FEF)
Diester et. al 2011 Macaca mulatta Lenti, AAV5 hThy1, hSyn ChR2, eNpHR2, SFO Cortex (SS, M1)
Han et. al 2011 Macaca mulatta Lenti CaMKIIα ArchT Cortex (Par., V1)
Cavanaugh et. al 2012 Macaca mulatta AAV8 CAG ArchT SC
Galvan et. al 2012 Macaca mulatta Lenti Ef1α ChR2 Thalamus (VL) and putamen
Gerits et. al 2012 Macaca mulatta AAV5 CAG ChR2 Cortex (Ventral PMC and FEF)
Jazayeri et. al 2012 Macaca mulatta AAV1 hSyn ChR2 V1
Tamura et. al 2012 Macaca mulatta & fuscata Lenti CMV ChR2 Thalamus (MD, VA, VL)
Ohayon et. al 2013 Macaca (*) AAV5 hSyn, CAG, CaMKII ChR2, ArchT, eNpHR3.0 Cortex (FEF)
Ozden et. al 2013 Macaca mulatta AAV5 CaMKIIα C1V1 Cortex (SS, PMC)
Ruiz et. al 2013 Macaca mulatta Lenti, AAV5 CaMKIIα ChR2, ArchT, C1V1 V1
Dai et. al 2014 Macaca mulatta AAV5 CaMKIIα C1V1 Cortex (parietal)
Huang et. al 2014 Tupaia belangeri AAV2/9 CaMKIIα, hSyn ChR2 V1
May et. al 2014 Macaca mulatta AAV5 CaMKIIα C1V1 SS
Afraz et. al 2015 Macaca mulatta AAV8 CAG ArchT STS
Inoue et. al 2015 Macaca mulatta AAV2 CMV ChR2 Cortex (FEF)
Lu et. al 2015 Macaca (*) AAV5 CaMKIIα C1V1 Cortex (PMv, M1)
Nassi et. al 2015 Macaca mulatta Lenti, AAV5 CaMKIIα C1V1, eArch3.0 V1
Acker et. al 2016 Macaca mulatta AAV8 hSyn Jaws Cortex (FEF)
Galvan et. al 2016 Macaca mulatta AAV5 CaMKIIα ChR2 Cortex (PMC, M1)
Klein et. al 2016 Macaca mulatta & fascicularis AAV5 CaMKIIα ChR2 LGN
MacDougall et. al 2016 Callithrix jacchus AAV5 hSyn ChR2 Cortex
Stauffer et. al 2016 Macaca mulatta AAV5/9 TH, Ef1α Cre, ChR2 Midbrain DA neurons
Yazdan-Shahmorad et. al 2016 Macaca mulatta AAV5 CaMKIIα C1V1 Cotex (M1, SS)

Chemogenetic Studies

Eldridge et. al 2016 Macaca mulatta Lenti hSyn hM4Di Cortex (OFC)
Grayson et. al 2016 Macaca mulatta AAV5 hSyn hM4Di Amygdala
Nagai et. al 2016 Macaca mulatta & fascicularis Lenti, AAV2 CMV, hSyn hM4Di Caudate

Abbreviations: AAV, adeno-associated virus; ArchT, archaerhodopsin from Halorubrum strain TP009; C1V1, hybrid of channelrhodopsin 1 and volvox carteri 1; C. Macaques, cynomolgus macaques; CaMKIIα, calcium and calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II α; CAG, cytomegalovirus early enhancer/chicken beta actin promoter; ChR2; channelrhodopsin-2; CMV, cytomegalovirus; DA, dopamine; DREADDs, designer receptor exclusively activated by designer drugs; eArch3.0, enhanced archaerhodopsin 3; Ef1α, elongation factor 1α; eNpHR, enhanced natronomonas pharaonic halorhodopsin; FEF, Frontal eye field; hM4Di, human muscarinic receptor 4 DREADD; hSyn, human synapsin; hThy1, human thymocyte-1; Lenti, lentivirus; LGN, lateral geniculate nucleus of thalamus; M1, primary motor cortex; MD, mediodorsal thalamus; OFC, orbito-frontal cortex; Par., parietal cortex; PMC, premotor cortex; PMv, ventral premotor cortex; R. Macaques, rhesus macaques; SC, superior colliculus; SFO, step-function opsin; SMA, supplementary motor area; SS, somatosensory cortex; STS, superior temporal sulcus; TH, tyrosine hydroxylase; V1, primary visual cortex; VA, ventroanterior thalamus; VL, ventrolateral thalamus.

*

species of macaca not specified