All-optical assay to study biological neural networks

Wardiya Afshar Saber; Federico M. Gasparoli; Marjet Gabrielle Dirks; Frank J. Gunn-Moore; Maciej Antkowiak

doi:10.3389/fnins.2018.00451

All-optical assay to study biological neural networks

Wardiya Afshar Saber, Federico M. Gasparoli, Marjet Gabrielle Dirks, Frank J. Gunn-Moore, Maciej Antkowiak

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Abstract

We introduce a novel all-optical assay for functional studies of biological neural networks in vitro. We created a novel optogenetics construct named OptoCaMP which is a combination of a channelrhodopsin variant (CheRiff) and a red genetically encoded calcium indicator (jRCamp1b). It enables simultaneous optical stimulation and recording from large population of neurons with single-cell readout. We also developed a spatio-temporal all-optical assay to simultaneously stimulate a sub-section of a neural network and record evoked calcium activity, in both stimulated and non-stimulated neurons, thus allowing the investigation of the spread of excitation through an interconnected network. Finally, we demonstrate the sensitivity of this assay to the change of neural network connectivity.

Original language	English
Article number	451
Number of pages	12
Journal	Frontiers in Neuroscience
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00451
Publication status	Published - 5 Jul 2018

Keywords

All-optical assay
Optogenetics
Calcium imaging
Neural networks
Connectivity
Neurons
Lentiviral transduction

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Dholakia, K. (PI) & Gather, M. (CoI)
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Gunn-Moore, F. J. (PI)
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All-optical assay to study biological neural networks
Afshar Saber, W. (Author), Gunn-Moore, F. J. (Supervisor), 28 Jun 2019
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis (PhD)

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