Two-photon calcium imaging of neuronal activity

C Grienberger, A Giovannucci, W Zeiger… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
In vivo two-photon calcium imaging (2PCI) is a technique used for recording neuronal
activity in the intact brain. It is based on the principle that, when neurons fire action …

Modulating cell signalling in vivo with magnetic nanotransducers

G Romero, J Park, F Koehler, A Pralle… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Weak magnetic fields offer nearly lossless transmission of signals within biological tissue.
Magnetic nanomaterials are capable of transducing magnetic fields into a range of …

A positively tuned voltage indicator for extended electrical recordings in the brain

SW Evans, DQ Shi, M Chavarha, MH Plitt, J Taxidis… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs) enable optical recording of electrical signals
in the brain, providing subthreshold sensitivity and temporal resolution not possible with …

All-optical physiology resolves a synaptic basis for behavioral timescale plasticity

LZ Fan, DK Kim, JH Jennings, H Tian, PY Wang… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Learning has been associated with modifications of synaptic and circuit properties, but the
precise changes storing information in mammals have remained largely unclear. We …

Video-based pooled screening yields improved far-red genetically encoded voltage indicators

H Tian, HC Davis, JD Wong-Campos, P Park, LZ Fan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Video-based screening of pooled libraries is a powerful approach for directed evolution of
biosensors because it enables selection along multiple dimensions simultaneously from …

Sensitivity optimization of a rhodopsin-based fluorescent voltage indicator

AS Abdelfattah, J Zheng, A Singh, YC Huang, D Reep… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The ability to optically image cellular transmembrane voltages at millisecond-timescale
resolutions can offer unprecedented insight into the function of living brains in behaving …

[HTML][HTML] Voltage imaging identifies spinal circuits that modulate locomotor adaptation in zebrafish

UL Böhm, Y Kimura, T Kawashima, MB Ahrens… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Motor systems must continuously adapt their output to maintain a desired trajectory. While
the spinal circuits underlying rhythmic locomotion are well described, little is known about …

Photophysics-informed two-photon voltage imaging using FRET-opsin voltage indicators

FP Brooks III, D Gong, HC Davis, P Park, Y Qi… - Science …, 2025 - science.org
Microbial rhodopsin–derived genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs) are powerful
tools for map** bioelectrical dynamics in cell culture and in live animals. Förster …

Rhodopsins: an excitingly versatile protein species for research, development and creative engineering

WJ de Grip, S Ganapathy - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The first member and eponym of the rhodopsin family was identified in the 1930s as the
visual pigment of the rod photoreceptor cell in the animal retina. It was found to be a …

Optical gearbox enabled versatile multiscale high-throughput multiphoton functional imaging

J Lin, Z Cheng, G Yang, M Cui - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
To understand the function and mechanism of biological systems, it is crucial to observe the
cellular dynamics at high spatiotemporal resolutions within live animals. The recent …