All-optical mapping of barrel cortex circuits based on simultaneous voltage-sensitive dye imaging and channelrhodopsin-mediated photostimulation

作者：Lo Shun Qiang; Koh Dawn X P; Sng Judy C G; Augustine George J^*

来源：Neurophotonics, 2015, 2(2): 021013.

DOI：10.1117/1.NPh.2.2.021013

• voltage-sensitive dye
• channelrhodopsin
• barrel cortex
• optogenetics

We describe an experimental approach that uses light to both control and detect neuronal activity in mouse barrel cortex slices: blue light patterned by a digital micromirror array system allowed us to photostimulate specific layers and columns, while a red-shifted voltage-sensitive dye was used to map out large-scale circuit activity. We demonstrate that such all-optical mapping can interrogate various circuits in somatosensory cortex by sequentially activating different layers and columns. Further, mapping in slices from whisker-deprived mice demonstrated that chronic sensory deprivation did not significantly alter feedforward inhibition driven by layer 5 pyramidal neurons. Further development of voltage-sensitive optical probes should allow this all-optical mapping approach to become an important and high-throughput tool for mapping circuit interactions in the brain.

• 出版日期2015-6
• 单位南阳理工学院