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ArticleJournal of neuroscience methods2023

A cranial implant for stabilizing whole-cell patch-clamp recordings in behaving rodents.

Joshua Dacre, Michelle Sánchez Rivera, Julia Schiemann, Stephen Currie, Julian J Ammer, Ian Duguid

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Article in Journal of neuroscience methods, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. In Vivo Whole-Cell Recording from the Mouse Brain.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joshua DacreCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Patrick Wild Centre, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK.
Michelle Sánchez RiveraCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Patrick Wild Centre, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK.
Julia SchiemannCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Patrick Wild Centre, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK.
Stephen CurrieCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Patrick Wild Centre, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK.
Julian J AmmerCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Patrick Wild Centre, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK.
Ian DuguidCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Patrick Wild Centre, Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK; Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK. Electronic address: ian.duguid@ed.ac.uk.
University of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R018537/1Medical Research Council MR/W004577/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 110131/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn vivo patch-clamp recording techniques provide access to the sub- and suprathreshold membrane potential dynamics of individual neurons during behavior. However, maintaining recording stability throughout behavior is a significant challenge, and while methods for head restraint are commonly used to enhance stability, behaviorally related brain movement relative to the skull can severely impact the success rate and duration of whole-cell patch-clamp recordings. NEW

methodWe developed a low-cost, biocompatible, and 3D-printable cranial implant capable of locally stabilizing brain movement, while permitting equivalent access to the brain when compared to a conventional craniotomy.

resultsExperiments in head-restrained behaving mice demonstrate that the cranial implant can reliably reduce the amplitude and speed of brain displacements, significantly improving the success rate of recordings across repeated bouts of motor behavior. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD(S): Our solution offers an improvement on currently available strategies for brain stabilization. Due to its small size, the implant can be retrofitted to most in vivo electrophysiology recording setups, providing a low cost, easily implementable solution for increasing intracellular recording stability in vivo.

conclusionsBy facilitating stable whole-cell patch-clamp recordings in vivo, biocompatible 3D printed implants should accelerate the investigation of single neuron computations underlying behavior.

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NeuronsRodentiaAnimalsBrainMembrane PotentialsMiceSkull

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PMID36871604
PMCPMC10375832
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