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ArticleCell2013

Genetically targeted optical electrophysiology in intact neural circuits.

Guan Cao, Jelena Platisa, Vincent A Pieribone, Davide Raccuglia, Michael Kunst, Michael N Nitabach

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Article in Cell, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 159 papers.

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159citing papers in PubMed
16.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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159 citing papers in PubMed, 267 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Guan CaoDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Jelena Platisa
Vincent A Pieribone
Davide Raccuglia
Michael Kunst
Michael N Nitabach
Yale University · USJohn B. Pierce Laboratory · US

Funding

Scan of Protein Space for Optical Voltage ProbesU24NS057631 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI COHEN, LAWRENCE B · 2007 to 2011
$5.2M
Transgenic Tethered Spider ToxinsR01NS056443 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI NITABACH, MICHAEL · 2006 to 2014
$3.4M
Peptide Modulation of Physiology and BehaviorR01GM098931 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI NITABACH, MICHAEL · 2011 to 2019
$3.0M
Genetically-Encoded Voltage Probe DevelopmentR01NS083875 · NINDS · JOHN B. PIERCE LABORATORY, INC. · PI HUGHES, THOMAS E, NITABACH, MICHAEL · 2013 to 2016
$2.3M
Calcium Signaling in Circadian Clock NeuronsR01NS055035 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI NITABACH, MICHAEL · 2008 to 2012
$1.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM098931NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM098931NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS055035NINDS NIH HHS R01NS055035NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS056443NINDS NIH HHS R01NS056443NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083875NINDS NIH HHS R01NS083875NINDS NIH HHS U24 NS057631NINDS NIH HHS U24NS057631
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nervous systems process information by integrating the electrical activity of neurons in complex networks. This motivates the long-standing interest in using optical methods to simultaneously monitor the membrane potential of multiple genetically targeted neurons via expression of genetically encoded fluorescent voltage indicators (GEVIs) in intact neural circuits. No currently available GEVIs have demonstrated robust signals in intact brain tissue that enable reliable recording of individual electrical events simultaneously in multiple neurons. Here, we show that the recently developed "ArcLight" GEVI robustly reports both subthreshold events and action potentials in genetically targeted neurons in the intact Drosophila fruit fly brain and reveals electrical signals in neurite branches. In the same way that genetically encoded fluorescent sensors have revolutionized the study of intracellular Ca(2+) signals, ArcLight now enables optical measurement in intact neural circuits of membrane potential, the key cellular parameter that underlies neuronal information processing.

Indexed as

Electrophysiological PhenomenaNerve NetAnimalsBrainCircadian ClocksDrosophila melanogasterGreen Fluorescent ProteinsNeuronsOptogeneticsGreen Fluorescent Proteins

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PMID23932121
PMCPMC3874294
OpenAlexW2047483303

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