Archer1 Serves as Fluorescent Voltage Sensor in Neurons (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Archer1 Serves as Fluorescent Voltage Sensor in Neurons

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Archer1 fluorescence in a cultured rat hippocampal neuron is shown. By monitoring changes in this fluorescence at up to a thousand frames per second, researchers can track the electrical activity of the cell.

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Nicholas Flytzanis, Claire Bedbrook and Viviana Gradinaru/Caltech

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