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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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.
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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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© 2017, Cong et al.
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Rapid whole brain imaging of neural activity in freely behaving larval zebrafish (Danio rerio)
eLife 6:e28158.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28158
