[HTML][HTML] A framework for studying emotions across species

DJ Anderson, R Adolphs - Cell, 2014‏ - cell.com
Since the 19th century, there has been disagreement over the fundamental question of
whether" emotions" are cause or consequence of their associated behaviors. This question …

Imaging calcium in neurons

C Grienberger, A Konnerth - Neuron, 2012‏ - cell.com
Calcium ions generate versatile intracellular signals that control key functions in all types of
neurons. Imaging calcium in neurons is particularly important because calcium signals exert …

NeuroPAL: a multicolor atlas for whole-brain neuronal identification in C. elegans

E Yemini, A Lin, A Nejatbakhsh, E Varol, R Sun… - Cell, 2021‏ - cell.com
Comprehensively resolving neuronal identities in whole-brain images is a major challenge.
We achieve this in C. elegans by engineering a multicolor transgene called NeuroPAL (a …

Global brain dynamics embed the motor command sequence of Caenorhabditis elegans

S Kato, HS Kaplan, T Schrödel, S Skora, TH Lindsay… - Cell, 2015‏ - cell.com
While isolated motor actions can be correlated with activities of neuronal networks, an
unresolved problem is how the brain assembles these activities into organized behaviors …

Whole-brain serial-section electron microscopy in larval zebrafish

DGC Hildebrand, M Cicconet, RM Torres, W Choi… - Nature, 2017‏ - nature.com
High-resolution serial-section electron microscopy (ssEM) makes it possible to investigate
the dense meshwork of axons, dendrites, and synapses that form neuronal circuits …

An optimized fluorescent probe for visualizing glutamate neurotransmission

JS Marvin, BG Borghuis, L Tian, J Cichon, MT Harnett… - Nature …, 2013‏ - nature.com
We describe an intensity-based glutamate-sensing fluorescent reporter (iGluSnFR) with
signal-to-noise ratio and kinetics appropriate for in vivo imaging. We engineered iGluSnFR …

Sonogenetics is a non-invasive approach to activating neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans

S Ibsen, A Tong, C Schutt, S Esener… - Nature …, 2015‏ - nature.com
A major challenge in neuroscience is to reliably activate individual neurons, particularly
those in deeper brain regions. Current optogenetic approaches require invasive surgical …

Whole-brain calcium imaging with cellular resolution in freely behaving Caenorhabditis elegans

JP Nguyen, FB Shipley, AN Linder, GS Plummer… - Proceedings of the …, 2016‏ - pnas.org
The ability to acquire large-scale recordings of neuronal activity in awake and unrestrained
animals is needed to provide new insights into how populations of neurons generate animal …

Imaging neural activity in worms, flies and mice with improved GCaMP calcium indicators

L Tian, SA Hires, T Mao, D Huber, ME Chiappe… - Nature …, 2009‏ - nature.com
Genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) can be used to image activity in defined
neuronal populations. However, current GECIs produce inferior signals compared to …

Chemosensory signal transduction in Caenorhabditis elegans

DM Ferkey, P Sengupta, ND L'Etoile - Genetics, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Chemosensory neurons translate perception of external chemical cues, including odorants,
tastants, and pheromones, into information that drives attraction or avoidance motor …