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Rapid whole brain imaging of neural activity in freely behaving larval zebrafish (Danio rerio)

  1. Lin Cong
  2. Zeguan Wang
  3. Yuming Chai
  4. Wei Hang
  5. Chunfeng Shang
  6. Wenbin Yang
  7. Lu Bai
  8. Jiulin Du
  9. Kai Wang  Is a corresponding author
  10. Quan Wen  Is a corresponding author
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  2. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, China
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Cite this article as: eLife 2017;6:e28158 doi: 10.7554/eLife.28158

Abstract

The internal brain dynamics that link sensation and action are arguably better studied during natural animal behaviors. Here we report on a novel volume imaging and 3D tracking technique that monitors whole brain neural activity in freely swimming larval zebrafish (Danio rerio). We demonstrated the capability of our system through functional imaging of neural activity during visually evoked and prey capture behaviors in larval zebrafish.

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  1. Lin Cong

    Insitute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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  2. Zeguan Wang

    Center for Integrative Imaging, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Hefei, China
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  3. Yuming Chai

    Center for Integrative Imaging, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Hefei, China
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  4. Wei Hang

    Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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  5. Chunfeng Shang

    Insitute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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  6. Wenbin Yang

    Center for Integrative Imaging, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Hefei, China
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  7. Lu Bai

    Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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  8. Jiulin Du

    Insitute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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  9. Kai Wang

    Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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    wangkai@ion.ac.cn
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  10. Quan Wen

    Center for Integrative Imaging, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Hefei, China
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    qwen@ustc.edu.cn
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Funding

Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB02060012)

  • Kai Wang

National Science Foundation of China (NSFC-31471051)

  • Quan Wen

China Thousand Talents Program

  • Kai Wang

CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program

  • Quan Wen

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: Zebrafish handling procedures were approved by the Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.(permit number: USTCACUC1103013).

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  1. Ronald L Calabrese, Emory University, United States

Publication history

  1. Received: April 28, 2017
  2. Accepted: September 11, 2017
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: September 20, 2017 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: October 17, 2017 (version 2)

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© 2017, Cong et al.

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