Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs

This volume provides current methods to analyze the properties of designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs (DREADDs) in vitro and to measure the biological responses of DREADD activation in different neuronal populations in vivo. Chapter

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Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs

NEUROMETHODS

Series Editor Wolfgang Walz University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs Edited by

Gerald Thiel Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Saarland Medical Faculty, Homburg, Germany

Editor Gerald Thiel Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Saarland Medical Faculty, Homburg, Germany

ISSN 0893-2336 ISSN 1940-6045 (electronic) Neuromethods ISBN 978-1-4939-2943-6 ISBN 978-1-4939-2944-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-2944-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015946750 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Humana Press is a brand of Springer Springer Science+Business Media LLC New York is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Series Preface Experimental life sciences have two basic foundations: concepts and tools. The Neuromethods series focuses on the tools and techniques unique to the investigation of the nervous system and excitable cells. It will not, however, shortchange the concept side of things as care has been taken to integrate these tools within the context of the concepts and questions under investigation. In this way, the series is unique in that it not only collects protocols but also includes theoretical background information and critiques which led to the methods and their development. Thus it gives the reader a better understanding of the origin of the techniques and their potential future development. The Neuromethods publishing program strikes a balance between recent and exciting developments like those concerning new animal models of disease, imaging, in vivo methods, and more established techniques, including, for example, i