Fast high-resolution miniature two-photon microscopy for brain imaging in freely behaving mice

FHIRM-TPM is a miniature two-photon microscope capable of imaging fluorescently labeled neurons in the brains of freely behaving mice. It allows for imaging of spines or recording of neural activity with a frame rate up to 40 Hz. Developments in miniaturized microscopes have enabled visualization of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature methods 2017-07, Vol.14 (7), p.713-719
Hauptverfasser: Zong, Weijian, Wu, Runlong, Li, Mingli, Hu, Yanhui, Li, Yijun, Li, Jinghang, Rong, Hao, Wu, Haitao, Xu, Yangyang, Lu, Yang, Jia, Hongbo, Fan, Ming, Zhou, Zhuan, Zhang, Yunfeng, Wang, Aimin, Chen, Liangyi, Cheng, Heping
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Zusammenfassung:FHIRM-TPM is a miniature two-photon microscope capable of imaging fluorescently labeled neurons in the brains of freely behaving mice. It allows for imaging of spines or recording of neural activity with a frame rate up to 40 Hz. Developments in miniaturized microscopes have enabled visualization of brain activities and structural dynamics in animals engaging in self-determined behaviors. However, it remains a challenge to resolve activity at single dendritic spines in freely behaving animals. Here, we report the design and application of a fast high-resolution, miniaturized two-photon microscope (FHIRM-TPM) that accomplishes this goal. With a headpiece weighing 2.15 g and a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber delivering 920-nm femtosecond laser pulses, the FHIRM-TPM is capable of imaging commonly used biosensors (GFP and GCaMP6) at high spatiotemporal resolution (0.64 μm laterally and 3.35 μm axially, 40 Hz at 256 × 256 pixels for raster scanning and 10,000 Hz for free-line scanning). We demonstrate the microscope's robustness with hour-long recordings of neuronal activities at the level of spines in mice experiencing vigorous body movements.
ISSN:1548-7091
1548-7105
DOI:10.1038/nmeth.4305