Neuroplasmonics for Selective and Remote Control of Neural Activity
Abstract
Controlling selective population of neurons to understand and influence behavior is a grand challenge in systems neuroscience. While the optogenetic techniques and other optical neural control techniques are promising, there are still several limitations associated with these techniques that remain to be addressed. These include: (i) ability to excite neurons that are embedded deep in the tissue; (ii) ability to be widely used in different model organisms with or without a rich repertoire of genetic tools; (iii) graded control of neurons; (iv) ability to control different subset of neurons in a concurrent fashion; (v) reversibility of the proposed approaches to return the controlled neurons to their original configuration; and (vi) more importantly feasibility of developing a non invasive approach.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 14, 2022
- Source ID
- FA95501910394
Entities
People
- Srikanth Singamaneni
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- Washington University in St. Louis