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Multiplexed temporally focused light shaping through a gradient index lens for precise in-depth optogenetic photostimulation

Published inScientific reports, vol. 9, no. 1, 7603
Publication date2019-05-20
First online date2019-05-20
Abstract

In the past 10 years, the use of light has become irreplaceable for the optogenetic study and control of neurons and neural circuits. Optical techniques are however limited by scattering and can only see through a depth of few hundreds µm in living tissues. GRIN lens based micro-endoscopes represent a powerful solution to reach deeper regions. In this work we demonstrate that cutting edge optical methods for the precise photostimulation of multiple neurons in three dimensions can be performed through a GRIN lens. By spatio-temporally shaping a laser beam in the two-photon regime we project several tens of spatially confined targets in a volume of at least 100 × 150 × 300 µm3 . We then apply such approach to the optogenetic stimulation of multiple neurons simultaneously in vivo in mice. Our work paves the way for an all-optical investigation of neural circuits in previously inaccessible brain areas.

Keywords
  • Animals
  • Brain / physiology
  • Female
  • Lens, Crystalline / physiology
  • Lenses
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Neurons / physiology
  • Optogenetics / methods
  • Photons
Affiliation entities Not a UNIGE publication
Funding
  • NINDS NIH HHS [UF1 NS107574]
  • European Commission - Holistic evaluation of light and multiwave applications to high resolution imaging in ophthalmic translational research revisiting the helmholtzian synergies [610110]
Citation (ISO format)
ACCANTO, Nicolò et al. Multiplexed temporally focused light shaping through a gradient index lens for precise in-depth optogenetic photostimulation. In: Scientific reports, 2019, vol. 9, n° 1, p. 7603. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43933-w
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Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-43933-w
Journal ISSN2045-2322
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