All-optical interrogation of brain-wide activity in freely swimming larval zebrafish

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We introduce an all-optical technique that enables volumetric imaging of brain-wide calcium activity and targeted optogenetic stimulation of specific brain regions in unrestrained larval zebrafish. The system consists of three main components: a 3D tracking module, a dual-color fluorescence imaging module, and a real-time activity manipulation module. Our approach uses a sensitive genetically encoded calcium indicator in combination with a long Stokes shift red fluorescence protein as a reference channel, allowing the extraction of Ca2+ activity from signals contaminated by motion artifacts. The method also incorporates rapid 3D image reconstruction and registration, facilitating real-time selective optogenetic stimulation of different regions of the brain. By demonstrating that selective light activation of the midbrain regions in larval zebrafish could reliably trigger biased turning behavior and changes of brain-wide neural activity, we present a valuable tool for investigating the causal relationship between distributed neural circuit dynamics and naturalistic behavior.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

iScience - 27(2024), 1 vom: 19. Jan., Seite 108385

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chai, Yuming [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Kexin [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Yubin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Daguang [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Guodong [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Yuqi [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Mu, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Quan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Behavioral neuroscience
Biocomputational method
Journal Article
Neuroscience

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Date Revised 12.01.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.isci.2023.108385

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366958437