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ArticleNature neuroscience2023

Tracking neural activity from the same cells during the entire adult life of mice.

Siyuan Zhao, Xin Tang, Weiwen Tian, Sebastian Partarrieu, Ren Liu, Hao Shen, Jaeyong Lee, Shiqi Guo, Zuwan Lin, Jia Liu

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 60 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Siyuan Zhao *John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2658-3414
Xin Tang *John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1533-2580
Weiwen Tian *John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Sebastian Partarrieu *John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6846-060X
Ren LiuJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Hao ShenJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8410-5747
Jaeyong LeeJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Shiqi GuoJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Zuwan LinDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5786-9768
Jia LiuJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA. jia_liu@seas.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2217-6982

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stably recording the electrical activity of the same neurons over the adult life of an animal is important to neuroscience research and biomedical applications. Current implantable devices cannot provide stable recording on this timescale. Here, we introduce a method to precisely implant electronics with an open, unfolded mesh structure across multiple brain regions in the mouse. The open mesh structure forms a stable interwoven structure with the neural network, preventing probe drifting and showing no immune response and neuron loss during the year-long implantation. Rigorous statistical analysis, visual stimulus-dependent measurement and unbiased, machine-learning-based analysis demonstrated that single-unit action potentials have been recorded from the same neurons of behaving mice in a very long-term stable manner. Leveraging this stable structure, we demonstrated that the same neurons can be recorded over the entire adult life of the mouse, revealing the aging-associated evolution of single-neuron activities.

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BrainNeurosciencesAction PotentialsAnimalsElectrodes, ImplantedMiceNeurons

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