Multi-site optical recording of neuronal activity with complex light patterns

Michael Lawrence Castañares, Vincent R. Daria

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    Abstract

    We use complex light patterns to simultaneously record the neuronal activity along the dendrites of a single neuron. We use holographic projection to produce multiple foci directed onto different dendritic regions of the neuron. Each focus excites neuronal activity reporters via either two-photon (2P) or single-photon (1P) excitation. The fluorescence emanating from all foci are simultaneously recorded using an electron-multiplying charge-coupled device (EMCCD) camera thereby enabling simultaneous multi-channel recording of the neuronal activity from multiple sites at high frame rates (up to 400Hz). We report recording of neuronal activity from two types of reporters: (1) Ca2+ indicator, Cal-520; and (2) voltage indicator, JPW-1114. We optically recorded the activity evoked by the neuron following injection of current onto the soma. Holographic multi-site Ca2+ imaging resulted in high signal-to-noise ratio but with poor temporal resolution. On the other hand, multi-site voltage imaging produced noisy and low SNR signals but with high temporal resolution that is able to resolve action potentials.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationComplex Light and Optical Forces XIII
    EditorsEnrique J. Galvez, David L. Andrews, Jesper Gluckstad
    PublisherSPIE
    ISBN (Electronic)9781510625129
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019
    EventComplex Light and Optical Forces XIII 2019 - San Francisco, United States
    Duration: 5 Feb 20197 Feb 2019

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
    Volume10935
    ISSN (Print)0277-786X
    ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

    Conference

    ConferenceComplex Light and Optical Forces XIII 2019
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CitySan Francisco
    Period5/02/197/02/19

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