Editorial: Cardiac optogenetics: Using light to observe and excite the heart

Front Physiol. 2022 Oct 11:13:1031062. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.1031062. eCollection 2022.

Tobias Bruegmann^{1

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3}, Godfrey L Smith⁴, Stephan E Lehnart^{2

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¹ Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
² Cluster of Excellence "Multiscale Bioimaging: From Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells" (MBExC), University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
³ DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.
⁴ School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
⁵ Department of Cardiology and Pulmonology, Heart Research Center Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
⁶ Collaborative Research Center SFB1190 "Compartmental Gates and Contact Sites in Cells", University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.

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Keywords: cardiac arrhythmia; channelrhodopsins; heart; imaging; optogenetics.

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