Publications

Journal Articles

Madisen L, Mao T, Koch H, Zhuo JM, Berenyi A, Fujisawa S, Hsu YW, Garcia AJ 3rd, Gu X, Zanella S, Kidney J, Gu H, Mao Y, Hooks BM, Boyden ES, Buzsáki G, Ramirez JM, Jones AR, Svoboda K, Han X, Turner EE, Zeng H. A toolbox of Cre-dependent optogenetic transgenic mice for light-induced activation and silencing. Nat Neurosci. (2012)

Brian Y. Chow, Xue Han, Edward S. Boyden, Genetically encoded molecular tools for light-driven silencing of targeted neurons, Prog Brain Res, 196:49-61, (2012)

Xue Han, Optogenetics in the nonhuman primate, Prog Brain Res, 196:215-33, (2012)

M. M. McCarthy, C. Moore-Kochlacs, X. Gu, E. S. Boyden, X. Han, and N. Kopell, Striatal origin of the pathologic beta oscillations in Parkinson’s disease, PNAS  108:11620-11625 (2011)

Han, X.*, Chow, B. Y.*, Zhou, H., Klapoetke, N. C., Chuong, A., Rajimehr, R., Yang, A., Baratta, M. V., Winkle, J., Desimone, R., Boyden, E. S. (2011) A high-light sensitivity optical neural silencer: development and application to optogenetic control of non-human primate cortex. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 5:18. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2011.00018 (2011)

Lindskog, M., Li, L., Groth R.D., Poburko, D., Thiagarajan, T.C.,  Han, X., and Tsien, R.W. Postsynaptic GluA1 enables acute retrograde enhancement of presynaptic function to coordinate adaptation to synaptic inactivity, PNAS 107:21806-11  (2010)

Chow, B. Y.*, Han, X.*, Dobry, A. S., Qian, X., Chuong, A. S., Li, M., Henninger, M. A., Belfort, G. M., Lin, Y., Monahan, P. E., Boyden, E. S. High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by light-driven proton pumps, Nature 463:98-102. (2010), (* co-first authors)

Xue Han, Sherry X. Xian, and Tirin Moore, “Dynamic sensitivity of area V4 neurons during saccade preparation”, PNAS 106(31):13046-51 (2009)

Xue Han, Xiaofeng Qian, Jacob G. Bernstein, Hui-hui Zhou, Giovanni Talei Franzesi, Patrick Stern, Roderick T. Bronson, Ann M. Graybiel, Robert Desimone and Edward S. Boyden, “Millisecond-Timescale Optical Control of Neural Dynamics in the Nonhuman Primate Brain,” Neuron 62(2):191-8 (2009)

Xue Han, Xiaofeng Qian, Patrick Stern, Amy Chuong and Edward S. Boyden, “Informational lesions: optical perturbation of spike timing and neural synchrony via microbial opsin gene fusions”, Front. Mol. Neurosci 2, 12, (2009)

Xue Han and Edward S. Boyden. “Multiple-Color Optical Activation, Silencing, and Desynchronization of Neural Activity, with Single-Spike Temporal Resolution.” PLoS ONE, 2(3):e299. (2007)

Xue Han and Meyer B. Jackson. “Structural Transitions in the Synaptic SNARE Complex during Calcium triggered exocytosis.”J Cell Biol. 172(2): 281-93 (2006)

Xue Han and Meyer B. Jackson. “Electrostatic interactions between the syntaxin membrane anchor and neurotransmitter passing through the fusion pore.” Biophys J. 88 (3): L20-2 (2005)

Xue Han, Chih-Tien Wang, Jihong Bai, Edwin R. Chapman and Meyer B. Jackson. “Transmembrane segments of syntaxin line the fusion pore of Ca2+-triggered exocytosis.” Science 304 (5668): 289-92 (2004)

 

Book Chapters

Chow, B. Y., Han, X., Bernstein, J. G., Monahan, P. E., Boyden, E. S. (2011) Light-Activated Ion Pumps and Channels for Temporally Precise Optical Control of Activity in Genetically Targeted Neurons, Chapter 6, Photosensitive Molecules for Controlling Biological Function, edited by James J. Chambers and Richard H. Kramer, Neuromethods Series Volume 55, 2011, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-031-7, Humana Press.

Boyden, E. S., Han, X., Talei Franzesi, G., Chan, S., Bernstein, J., Qian, X., Li, M. (2009) “New Techniques for Investigating Brain Rhythms: Optical Neural Control and Multielectrode Recording,” In: Rhythms of the Neocortex: Where Do They Come From and What Are They Good For? (Kopell N., ed.) pp. 65-75. Washington, DC: Society for Neuroscience.

 

Conference Papers and Talks (Refereed)

Bernstein, J. G., Han, X., Henninger, M. A., Ko, E. Y., Qian, X., Franzesi, G. T., McConnell, J. P., Stern, P., Desimone, R., and Boyden, E. S. (2008) Prosthetic systems for therapeutic optical activation and silencing of genetically-targeted neurons. Proc Soc Photo Opt Instrum Eng, 6854:68540H.

 

Patents

Light-activated proton pumps and uses thereof. United States Patent Application 12/714,436.