Tether-free photothermal deep-brain stimulation in freely behaving mice via wide-field illumination in the near-infrared-II window

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Neural circuitry is typically modulated via invasive brain implants and tethered optical fibres in restrained animals. Here we show that wide-field illumination in the second near-infrared spectral window (NIR-II) enables implant-and-tether-free deep-brain stimulation in freely behaving mice with stereotactically injected macromolecular photothermal transducers activating neurons ectopically expressing the temperature-sensitive transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (TRPV1). The macromolecular transducers, ~40 nm in size and consisting of a semiconducting polymer core and an amphiphilic polymer shell, have a photothermal conversion efficiency of 71% at 1,064 nm, the wavelength at which light attenuation by brain tissue is minimized (within the 400-1,800 nm spectral window). TRPV1-expressing neurons in the hippocampus, motor cortex and ventral tegmental area of mice can be activated with minimal thermal damage on wide-field NIR-II illumination from a light source placed at distances higher than 50 cm above the animal's head and at an incident power density of 10 mW mm-2. Deep-brain stimulation via wide-field NIR-II illumination may open up opportunities for social behavioural studies in small animals.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Nature biomedical engineering - 6(2022), 6 vom: 21. Juni, Seite 754-770

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Yuyan [VerfasserIn]
Rommelfanger, Nicholas J [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Rongkang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Junlang [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Sa [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Ong, Kyrstyn S [VerfasserIn]
Pu, Kanyi [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Guosong [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Polymers
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 23.06.2022

Date Revised 12.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41551-022-00862-w

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NLM338452303