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ArticleNature methods2025

A deep learning pipeline for three-dimensional brain-wide mapping of local neuronal ensembles in teravoxel light-sheet microscopy.

Ahmadreza Attarpour, Jonas Osmann, Anthony Rinaldi, Tianbo Qi, Neeraj Lal, Shruti Patel, Matthew Rozak, Fengqing Yu, Newton Cho, Jordan Squair and 7 more

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Article in Nature methods, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Ahmadreza AttarpourDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5890-5740
Jonas OsmannPhysical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Anthony RinaldiPhysical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3686-7485
Tianbo QiDepartment of Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA, USA.
Neeraj LalDepartment of Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA, USA.
Shruti PatelPhysical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Matthew RozakDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Fengqing YuPhysical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Newton ChoDefitech Center for Interventional Neurotherapies (.NeuroRestore), CHUV/UNIL/EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8715-611X
Jordan SquairDefitech Center for Interventional Neurotherapies (.NeuroRestore), CHUV/UNIL/EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0551-859X
JoAnne McLaurinBiological Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Misha RaffieeDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Karl DeisserothDepartment of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9440-3967
Gregoire CourtineDefitech Center for Interventional Neurotherapies (.NeuroRestore), CHUV/UNIL/EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5744-4142
Li YeDepartment of Neuroscience, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3077-802X
Bojana StefanovicDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Maged GoubranDepartment of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. maged.goubran@utoronto.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5880-0818

Funding

Brain-wide mapping of neuronal inhibition by novel inverse activity markersRF1MH132570 · NIMH · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI YE, LI · 2023 to 2023
$3.0M
Modulating somatosensory network to target metabolic diseasesDP2DK128800 · NIDDK · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI YE, LI · 2020 to 2020
$2.7M
Canada Research Chairs (Chaires de recherche du Canada) CRC-2018-00042Canada Research Chairs (Chaires de recherche du Canada) CRC-2021-00374Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) PJT156179Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) PJT376309Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada) RGPIN-2021-03728NIDDK NIH HHS DP2 DK128800NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH132570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Teravoxel-scale, cellular-resolution images of cleared rodent brains acquired with light-sheet fluorescence microscopy have transformed the way we study the brain. Realizing the potential of this technology requires computational pipelines that generalize across experimental protocols and map neuronal activity at the laminar and subpopulation-specific levels, beyond atlas-defined regions. Here, we present artficial intelligence-based cartography of ensembles (ACE), an end-to-end pipeline that employs three-dimensional deep learning segmentation models and advanced cluster-wise statistical algorithms, to enable unbiased mapping of local neuronal activity and connectivity. Validation against state-of-the-art segmentation and detection methods on unseen datasets demonstrated ACE's high generalizability and performance. Applying ACE in two distinct neurobiological contexts, we discovered subregional effects missed by existing atlas-based analyses and showcase ACE's ability to reveal localized or laminar neuronal activity brain-wide. Our open-source pipeline enables whole-brain mapping of neuronal ensembles at a high level of precision across a wide range of neuroscientific applications.

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BrainBrain MappingDeep LearningImaging, Three-DimensionalNeuronsAlgorithmsAnimalsImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMiceMicroscopy, Fluorescence

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PMID39870865
PMCPMC11903318

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