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ArticleMicroscopy (Oxford, England)2021

Miniature microscopes for manipulating and recording in vivo brain activity.

Alice M Stamatakis, Shanna L Resendez, Kai-Siang Chen, Morgana Favero, Jing Liang-Guallpa, Jonathan J Nassi, Shay Q Neufeld, Koen Visscher, Kunal K Ghosh

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Article in Microscopy (Oxford, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Alice M StamatakisInscopix Inc., 2462 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA.
Shanna L ResendezInscopix Inc., 2462 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA.
Kai-Siang ChenInscopix Inc., 2462 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA.
Morgana FaveroInscopix Inc., 2462 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA.
Jing Liang-GuallpaInscopix Inc., 2462 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA.
Jonathan J NassiInscopix Inc., 2462 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA.
Shay Q NeufeldInscopix Inc., 2462 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA.
Koen VisscherInscopix Inc., 2462 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA.
Kunal K GhoshInscopix Inc., 2462 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we describe the development and application of miniature integrated microscopes (miniscopes) paired with microendoscopes that allow for the visualization and manipulation of neural circuits in superficial and subcortical brain regions in freely behaving animals. Over the past decade the miniscope platform has expanded to include simultaneous optogenetic capabilities, electrically-tunable lenses that enable multi-plane imaging, color-corrected optics, and an integrated data acquisition platform that streamlines multimodal experiments. Miniscopes have given researchers an unprecedented ability to monitor hundreds to thousands of genetically-defined neurons from weeks to months in both healthy and diseased animal brains. Sophisticated algorithms that take advantage of constrained matrix factorization allow for background estimation and reliable cell identification, greatly improving the reliability and scalability of source extraction for large imaging datasets. Data generated from miniscopes have empowered researchers to investigate the neural circuit underpinnings of a wide array of behaviors that cannot be studied under head-fixed conditions, such as sleep, reward seeking, learning and memory, social behaviors, and feeding. Importantly, the miniscope has broadened our understanding of how neural circuits can go awry in animal models of progressive neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Continued miniscope development, including the ability to record from multiple populations of cells simultaneously, along with continued multimodal integration of techniques such as electrophysiology, will allow for deeper understanding into the neural circuits that underlie complex and naturalistic behavior.

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BrainAnimalsMicroscopyMiniaturizationReproducibility of Resultscalcium imagingminiscopeneural circuitsneuroscience

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PMID34283242
PMCPMC8491619

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