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ArticleNature methods2026

Voltage imaging of neurons distributed across entire brains of larval zebrafish.

Zeguan Wang, Jie Zhang, Panagiotis Symvoulidis, Wei Guo, Davy Deng, Adam Amsterdam, Lige Zhang, Takato Honda, Steven Roche, Matthew A Wilson and 1 more

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Article in Nature methods, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Zeguan Wang *McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jie Zhang *Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Panagiotis SymvoulidisMcGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1396-3426
Wei GuoPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Davy DengMcGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Adam AmsterdamMcGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6806-1518
Lige ZhangMcGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Takato HondaPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3327-8282
Steven RocheDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-0374-852X
Matthew A WilsonPicower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7149-3584
Edward S BoydenMcGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. edboyden@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0419-3351

Funding

High throughput assaying of circuit activity and connectivity in brain organoidsRF1MH123977 · NIMH · HARVARD UNIVERSITY · PI ARLOTTA, PAOLA, BOYDEN, EDWARD S. · 2020 to 2020
$2.5M
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigatorNIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH123977U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (OER) 1R01MH123977
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurons interact in networks distributed throughout the brain. While much effort has focused on whole-brain calcium imaging, advances in genetically encoded voltage indicators raise the question of whether it might be possible to image neuronal voltage across entire brains. Achieving this requires a microscope with high volumetric imaging rates and signal-to-noise ratio. Here we present a remote-scanning light-sheet microscope capable of imaging genetically encoded voltage indicator-expressing neurons distributed throughout much of the brain of larval zebrafish at a volumetric rate of 200.8 Hz. We measured voltage traces from approximately one-quarter of all brain neurons. We found that neurons firing at different times during a sequence occupied different locations: visually evoked sequences mapped across the optic tectum, whereas stimulus-independent bursts were mapped across the cerebellum and medulla. Imaging voltage of neurons distributed in many brain regions may open new frontiers for understanding fundamental neural system operations.

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BrainNeuronsZebrafishAnimalsLarva

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PMCPMC13541626

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