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Loren Frank
Professor at University of California, San Francisco
Field of Study: Biology , Published 30 Projects
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Video Abstract (AI generated) (01:21) Paper PreprintRats have the ability to learn and perform sophisticated behavioral tasks, making them very useful for investigating neural circuit functions. In contrast to the extensive mouse genetic toolkit, the paucity of recombinase-expressing rat models has limited the ability to monitor and manipulate molecularly-defined neural populations in this species. Here we report the generation and validation of two knock-in rat strains expressing either Cre or Flp recombinase under the control of Parvalbumin (Pvalb), a gene expressed in the critical 'fast-spiking' subset of inhibitory interneurons (FSIs). These strains were generated with CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing and show highly specific and penetrant labeling of Pvalb-expressing neurons, as demonstrated by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. We validated these models in both prefrontal cortex and striatum using both ex vivo and in vivo approaches, including whole-cell recording, optogenetics, extracellular physiology and photometry. Our results demonstrate the utility of these new transgenic models for a wide range of neuroscience experiments.
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Loren Frank. (2021, Nov 7).Knock-in rats expressing Cre and Flp recombinases at the Parvalbumin locus[Video]. Scitok. https://scitok.com/project/p/519f51bd
Y Yu Jai. "Knock-in rats expressing Cre and Flp recombinases at the Parvalbumin locus" Scitok, uploaded by Frank Loren, 7 Nov, 2021, https://scitok.com/project/p519f51bd
Loren Frank. "Knock-in rats expressing Cre and Flp recombinases at the Parvalbumin locus" Scitok. (Nov 7, 2021). https://scitok.com/project/p/519f51bd
Loren Frank (Nov 7, 2021). Knock-in rats expressing Cre and Flp recombinases at the Parvalbumin locus Scitok. https://scitok.com/project/p/519f51bd
Loren Frank. Knock-in rats expressing Cre and Flp recombinases at the Parvalbumin locus[video]. 2021 Nov 7. https://scitok.com/project/p/519f51bd
@online{al2006link, title={ Knock-in rats expressing Cre and Flp recombinases at the Parvalbumin locus }, author={ Frank, Loren }, organization={Scitok}, month={ Nov }, day={ 7 }, year={ 2021 }, url = {https://scitok.com/project/p/519f51bd}, }