title: Neurophotonics applications to motor cortex research.
abstract: Neurophotonics methods offer powerful ways to access neuronal signals and circuits. We highlight recent advances and current themes in this area, emphasizing tools for mapping, monitoring, and manipulating excitatory projection neurons and their synaptic circuits in mouse motor cortex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Suter
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamawaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Katharine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaojian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kiritani
authors.affiliation: HHMI, JFRC, Ashburn, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Bryan M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Hooks
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Gordon M G
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Shepherd
keywords: corticospinal; mapping; motor cortex; optogenetics; pyramidal neuron