This volume provides an overview of the viral vectors and how they are applied to chemogenetic and optogenetic tools to the study of neural circuits. The chapters in this book are organized into three parts detailing (1) viral vectors, (2) vector modifications and applications, and (3) practical advice for the delivery of viral vectors, verification of injection accuracy, and monitoring of transgene expression. In the Neuromethods series style, chapters include the kind of detail and key advice from the specialists needed to get successful results in your laboratory.

Authoritative and cutting-edge, Vectorology for Optogenetics and Chemogenetics aims to be a useful practical guide to researches to help further their study in this field.

Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts

Inhalt
Production, testing and verification of Lentivirus for regional targeting in the old-world monkey brain.- HiRet/NeuRet vectors: Lentiviral system for highly efficient gene transfer through retrograde axonal transport.-Generation of High-Titer Defective HSV-1 Amplicon Vectors.- Generation and Application of Engineered Rabies Viral Vectors for Neural Circuit Research.- Quality control for Adeno-associated viral vector production.- Vector tropism.-Viruses for systemic delivery.- Transcriptomic Definition of Neuron Types.- Enhancers for selective targeting.- Pathway-selective reversible perturbations using a double-infection technique in the macaque brain.- Pathway-Specific Chemogenetic Manipulation by Applying Ligand to Axonally-Expressed DREADDs.- Convection-enhanced delivery of viral vectors.- Multi-channel microinjector arrays for efficient viral vector delivery into rhesus monkey brain.- Methods to verify expression and function of DREADDs using PET.- Reporter selection and post-mortem methods to verify transgene expression.- Considerations for the use of viral vectors in NHP experiments.