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ArticleNature methods2024

High-throughput volumetric mapping of synaptic transmission.

Wei Chen, Xinxin Ge, Qinrong Zhang, Ryan G Natan, Jiang Lan Fan, Massimo Scanziani, Na Ji

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Article in Nature methods, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wei ChenDepartment of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3037-2810
Xinxin GeDepartment of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2961-7760
Qinrong ZhangDepartment of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8893-514X
Ryan G NatanDepartment of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3123-4833
Jiang Lan FanJoint Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Massimo ScanzianiDepartment of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Na JiDepartment of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. jina@berkeley.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5527-1663

Funding

Validating Theoretical Models with Neurophysiology and OptogeneticsU19NS107613 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI JI, NA · 2018 to 2022
$16.7M
Improving Speed and Cost of Entry for Holographic OptogeneticsR44MH111463 · NIMH · MEADOWLARK OPTICS, INC. · PI CHRISTOPHER LUK HOY · 2018 to 2026
$4.0M
High-Speed Volumetric Imaging of Neural Activity throughout the Living Brain - Supplement RequestU01NS103489 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI JI, NA · 2017 to 2019
$2.7M
High-throughput Physiological Micro-connectivity Mapping in VivoRF1MH120680 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI ADESNIK, HILLEL · 2019 to 2021
$2.2M
Adaptive optical microscopy for high-accuracy recording of neural activity in vivoU01NS118300 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI JI, NA · 2021 to 2023
$1.7M
NIMH NIH HHS R44 MH111463NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH120680NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS103489NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS118300NINDS NIH HHS U19 NS107613U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) 2R44MH111463U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) RF1MH120680U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) U01NS103489U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) U01NS118300U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) U19NS107613
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Volumetric imaging of synaptic transmission in vivo requires high spatial and high temporal resolution. Shaping the wavefront of two-photon fluorescence excitation light, we developed Bessel-droplet foci for high-contrast and high-resolution volumetric imaging of synapses. Applying our method to imaging glutamate release, we demonstrated high-throughput mapping of excitatory inputs at >1,000 synapses per volume and >500 dendritic spines per neuron in vivo and unveiled previously unseen features of functional synaptic organization in the mouse primary visual cortex.

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SynapsesSynaptic TransmissionAnimalsDendritic SpinesGlutamic AcidMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonNeuronsPrimary Visual CortexVisual CortexGlutamic Acid

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