Cellular resolution circuit mapping in mouse brain with temporal-focused excitation of soma-targeted channelrhodopsin

  1. Christopher A Baker  Is a corresponding author
  2. Yishai M Elyada
  3. Andres Parra-Martin
  4. McLean Bolton  Is a corresponding author
  1. Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, United States
  2. Max Planck Institute for Neuroscience, United States

Abstract

We describe refinements in optogenetic methods for circuit mapping that enable measurements of functional synaptic connectivity with single neuron resolution. By expanding a two-photon beam in the imaging plane using the temporal focusing method and restricting channelrhodopsin to the soma and proximal dendrites, we are able to reliably evoke action potentials in individual neurons, verify spike generation with GCaMP6s, and determine the presence or absence of synaptic connections with patch-clamp electrophysiological recording.

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  1. Christopher A Baker

    Disorders of Neural Circuit Function, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Jupiter, United States
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  2. Yishai M Elyada

    Functional Architecture of the Cerebral Cortex, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Jupiter, United States
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  3. Andres Parra-Martin

    Functional Architecture of the Cerebral Cortex, Max Planck Institute for Neuroscience, Jupiter, United States
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  4. McLean Bolton

    Disorders of Neural Circuit Function, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Jupiter, United States
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    mclean.bolton@mpfi.org
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Max Planck Florida Institute

  • Christopher A Baker
  • Yishai M Elyada
  • Andres Parra-Martin
  • McLean Bolton

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Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health, and all animals were handled according to protocols approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience.

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© 2016, Baker et al.

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  1. Christopher A Baker
  2. Yishai M Elyada
  3. Andres Parra-Martin
  4. McLean Bolton
(2016)
Cellular resolution circuit mapping in mouse brain with temporal-focused excitation of soma-targeted channelrhodopsin
eLife 5:e14193.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14193

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