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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Miniscope Zero: a fully wireless, single-cell-resolution miniature microscope for imaging neural dynamics in freely behaving animals.

Takuya Sasatani, Marcel Brosch, Zhe Dong, Jonny Saunders, Pingping Zhao, Megha Sehgal, Lukas T Oesch, Federico Sangiuliano Jimka, Hemal Semwal, Aparajeeta Guha and 7 more

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17 authors.

Takuya SasataniDepartment of Neurology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2268-6106
Marcel BroschDepartment of Neurology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7471-8646
Zhe DongDepartment of Neurology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jonny SaundersDepartment of Neurology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Pingping ZhaoDepartment of Neurology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Megha SehgalDepartment of Neurobiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Lukas T OeschDepartment of Neurobiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Federico Sangiuliano JimkaDepartment of Neurology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Hemal SemwalDepartment of Bioengineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Aparajeeta GuhaElectrical and Computer Engineering Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Hamid ChorsiDepartment of Neurology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Karina KeusDepartment of Neurology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Blake A MadrugaDepartment of Neurology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Alcino J SilvaDepartment of Neurobiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Anne K ChurchlandDepartment of Neurobiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Peyman GolshaniDepartment of Neurology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Daniel AharoniDepartment of Neurology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4931-8514

Funding

Developing long-term neuro-behavioral recording and real-time processing platforms for naturally behaving animalsDP2MH129986 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI AHARONI, DANIEL · 2021 to 2024
$2.3M
Advancing Infrastructure, Collaboration, and Innovation across the Open-Source UCLA Miniscope EcosystemU24NS144101 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Daniel Aharoni, Peyman Golshani · 2025 to 2026
$1.5M
NIMH NIH HHS DP2 MH129986NINDS NIH HHS U24 NS144101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Imaging neural fluorescence dynamics during unconstrained behavior remains a major challenge in neuroscience. Head-mounted miniature one-photon microscopes enable in vivo recordings from freely behaving animals. Still, their power and data requirements typically necessitate tethers or heavy batteries, which constrain experiments and may introduce behavioral artifacts. We present Miniscope Zero, a fully wireless miniature microscope platform combining quasistatic cavity resonance (QSCR) wireless power transfer with a high-bandwidth optical data link. The system delivers >500 mW of receiver power across a 2,500 cm

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PMID42818601
PMCPMC13622490

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