Simultaneous whole-animal 3D imaging of neuronal activity using light-field microscopy

Robert Prevedel, Young-Gyu Yoon, Maximilian Hoffmann, Nikita Pak, Gordon Wetzstein, Saul Kato, Tina Schrödel, Ramesh Raskar, Manuel Zimmer, Edward S. Boyden, Alipasha Vaziri

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Abstract

High-speed, large-scale three-dimensional (3D) imaging of neuronal activity poses a major challenge in neuroscience. Here we demonstrate simultaneous functional imaging of neuronal activity at single-neuron resolution in an entire Caenorhabditis elegans and in larval zebrafish brain. Our technique captures the dynamics of spiking neurons in volumes of ∼700 μm × 700 μm × 200 μm at 20 Hz. Its simplicity makes it an attractive tool for high-speed volumetric calcium imaging.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)727-730
Number of pages4
JournalNature Methods
Volume11
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2014

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 301402 Neurobiology

Keywords

  • CAENORHABDITIS-ELEGANS
  • ZEBRAFISH
  • ILLUMINATION
  • CIRCUIT

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