Rapid mesoscale volumetric imaging of neural activity with synaptic resolution.

Lu, Rongwen; Liang, Yajie; Meng, Guanghan; Zhou, Pengcheng; Svoboda, Karel; Paninski, Liam; Ji, Na · Nat Methods · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Imaging neurons and neural circuits over large volumes at high speed and subcellular resolution is a difficult task. Incorporating a Bessel focus module into a two-photon fluorescence mesoscope, we achieved rapid volumetric imaging of neural activity over the mesoscale with synaptic resolution. We applied the technology to calcium imaging of entire dendritic spans of neurons as well as neural ensembles within multiple cortical regions over two hemispheres of the awake mouse brain.

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