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4 Janelia Publications

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    11/01/15 | Minimally invasive microendoscopy system for in vivo functional imaging of deep nuclei in the mouse brain.
    Bocarsly ME, Jiang W, Wang C, Dudman JT, Ji N, Aponte Y
    Biomedical Optics Express. 2015 Nov 1;6(11):4546-56. doi: 10.1364/BOE.6.004546

    The ability to image neurons anywhere in the mammalian brain is a major goal of optical microscopy. Here we describe a minimally invasive microendoscopy system for studying the morphology and function of neurons at depth. Utilizing a guide cannula with an ultrathin wall, we demonstrated in vivo two-photon fluorescence imaging of deeply buried nuclei such as the striatum (2.5 mm depth), substantia nigra (4.4 mm depth) and lateral hypothalamus (5.0 mm depth) in mouse brain. We reported, for the first time, the observation of neuronal activity with subcellular resolution in the lateral hypothalamus and substantia nigra of head-fixed awake mice.

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    07/29/15 | Neuronal representation of ultraviolet visual stimuli in mouse primary visual cortex.
    Tan Z, Sun W, Chen T, Kim D, Ji N
    Scientific Reports. 2015 Jul 29;5:12597. doi: 10.1038/srep12597

    The mouse has become an important model for understanding the neural basis of visual perception. Although it has long been known that mouse lens transmits ultraviolet (UV) light and mouse opsins have absorption in the UV band, little is known about how UV visual information is processed in the mouse brain. Using a custom UV stimulation system and in vivo calcium imaging, we characterized the feature selectivity of layer 2/3 neurons in mouse primary visual cortex (V1). In adult mice, a comparable percentage of the neuronal population responds to UV and visible stimuli, with similar pattern selectivity and receptive field properties. In young mice, the orientation selectivity for UV stimuli increased steadily during development, but not direction selectivity. Our results suggest that, by expanding the spectral window through which the mouse can acquire visual information, UV sensitivity provides an important component for mouse vision.

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    06/15/15 | Direct wavefront sensing for high-resolution in vivo imaging in scattering tissue.
    Wang K, Sun W, Richie CT, Harvey BK, Betzig E, Ji N
    Nature Communications. 2015-Jun-15;6:7276. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8276

    Adaptive optics by direct imaging of the wavefront distortions of a laser-induced guide star has long been used in astronomy, and more recently in microscopy to compensate for aberrations in transparent specimens. Here we extend this approach to tissues that strongly scatter visible light by exploiting the reduced scattering of near-infrared guide stars. The method enables in vivo two-photon morphological and functional imaging down to 700 μm inside the mouse brain.

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    04/27/15 | Label-free spectroscopic detection of membrane potential using stimulated Raman scattering.
    Liu B, Lee HJ, Zhang D, Liao C, Ji N, Xia Y, Cheng J
    Applied Physics Letters. 2015 Apr 27;106:173704. doi: 10.1063/1.4919104

    Hyperspectral stimulated Raman scattering microscopy is deployed to measure single-membrane vibrational spectrum as a function of membrane potential. Using erythrocyte ghost as a model, quantitative correlation between transmembrane potential and Raman spectral profile was found. Specifically, the ratio between the area under Raman band at ∼2930 cm−1 and that at ∼2850 cm−1 increased by ∼2.6 times when the potential across the erythrocyte ghost membrane varied from +10 mV to −10 mV. Our results show the feasibility of employing stimulated Raman scattering microscopy to probe the membrane potential without labeling.

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