Next-generation interfaces for studying neural function

JA Frank, MJ Antonini, P Anikeeva - Nature biotechnology, 2019 - nature.com
Monitoring and modulating the diversity of signals used by neurons and glia in a closed-loop
fashion is necessary to establish causative links between biochemical processes within the …

[HTML][HTML] Circuit investigations with open-source miniaturized microscopes: past, present and future

D Aharoni, TM Hoogland - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The ability to simultaneously image the spatiotemporal activity signatures from many
neurons during unrestrained vertebrate behaviors has become possible through the …

Engineered AAVs for efficient noninvasive gene delivery to the central and peripheral nervous systems

KY Chan, MJ Jang, BB Yoo, A Greenbaum, N Ravi… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are commonly used for in vivo gene transfer.
Nevertheless, AAVs that provide efficient transduction across specific organs or cell …

Video-based pooled screening yields improved far-red genetically encoded voltage indicators

H Tian, HC Davis, JD Wong-Campos, P Park, LZ Fan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Video-based screening of pooled libraries is a powerful approach for directed evolution of
biosensors because it enables selection along multiple dimensions simultaneously from …

Regulation of sleep homeostasis mediator adenosine by basal forebrain glutamatergic neurons

W Peng, Z Wu, K Song, S Zhang, Y Li, M Xu - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Sleep homeostasis, the balance between the duration of sleep and
wakefulness, is a fundamental feature of the sleep-wake cycle. During wakefulness, sleep …

Sensitive multicolor indicators for monitoring norepinephrine in vivo

Z Kagiampaki, V Rohner, C Kiss, S Curreli, A Dieter… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Genetically encoded indicators engineered from G-protein-coupled receptors are important
tools that enable high-resolution in vivo neuromodulator imaging. Here, we introduce a …

Optical voltage imaging in neurons: moving from technology development to practical tool

T Knöpfel, C Song - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2019 - nature.com
A central goal in neuroscience is to determine how the brain's neuronal circuits generate
perception, cognition and emotions and how these lead to appropriate behavioural actions …

Multiregion neuronal activity: the forest and the trees

TA Machado, IV Kauvar, K Deisseroth - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
The past decade has witnessed remarkable advances in the simultaneous measurement of
neuronal activity across many brain regions, enabling fundamentally new explorations of the …

High-density multi-fiber photometry for studying large-scale brain circuit dynamics

Y Sych, M Chernysheva, LT Sumanovski… - Nature methods, 2019 - nature.com
Animal behavior originates from neuronal activity distributed across brain-wide networks.
However, techniques available to assess large-scale neural dynamics in behaving animals …

[HTML][HTML] Lights, fiber, action! A primer on in vivo fiber photometry

EH Simpson, T Akam, T Patriarchi, M Blanco-Pozo… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Fiber photometry is a key technique for characterizing brain-behavior relationships in vivo.
Initially, it was primarily used to report calcium dynamics as a proxy for neural activity via …