PUBLICATION

Imaging volumetric dynamics at high speed in mouse and zebrafish brain with confocal light field microscopy

Authors
Zhang, Z., Bai, L., Cong, L., Yu, P., Zhang, T., Shi, W., Li, F., Du, J., Wang, K.
ID
ZDB-PUB-200812-6
Date
2020
Source
Nature Biotechnology   39(1): 74-83 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Wang, Kai
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Brain/blood supply
  • Brain/cytology
  • Brain/diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain/physiology
  • Calcium/metabolism
  • Cell Tracking
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional/methods*
  • Larva/cytology
  • Larva/metabolism
  • Larva/physiology
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Microscopy, Confocal/methods*
  • Neurons/cytology
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
32778840 Full text @ Nat Biotechnol.
Abstract
A detailed understanding of the function of neural networks and how they are supported by a dynamic vascular system requires fast three-dimensional imaging in thick tissues. Here we present confocal light field microscopy, a method that enables fast volumetric imaging in the brain at depths of hundreds of micrometers. It uses a generalized confocal detection scheme that selectively collects fluorescent signals from the in-focus volume and provides optical sectioning capability to improve imaging resolution and sensitivity in thick tissues. We demonstrate recording of whole-brain calcium transients in freely swimming zebrafish larvae and observe behaviorally correlated activities in single neurons during prey capture. Furthermore, in the mouse brain, we detect neural activities at depths of up to 370 μm and track blood cells at 70 Hz over a volume of diameter 800 μm × thickness 150 μm and depth of up to 600 μm.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping