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Reply to: Magneto is ineffective in controlling electrical properties of cerebellar Purkinje cells, Assessing the utility of Magneto to control neuronal excitability in the somatosensory cortex and Revaluation of magnetic properties of Magneto

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The Original Article was published on 30 September 2019

The Original Article was published on 30 September 2019

The Original Article was published on 30 September 2019

replying to Xu, F.-X. et al. Nature Neuroscience https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-019-0475-3 (2019)

replying to Kole, K. et al. Nature Neuroscience https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-019-0474-4 (2019)

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Fig. 1: Control analyses for electrophysiological characterization of Magneto2.0.

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The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon request.

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M.K.P. supervised the electrophysiology experiments. All authors wrote and edited the manuscript. A.D.G. supervised the study.

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    Michael A. Wheeler, Christopher D. Deppmann & Ali D. Güler

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M.A.W. and A.D.G. are named inventors for a filed patent (Serial No. 15/770,141) by the University of Virginia for the use of TRPV4-ferritin to control the nervous system.

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