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We describe an all-optical strategy for simultaneously manipulating and recording the activity of multiple neurons with cellular resolution in vivo. We performed simultaneous two-photon optogenetic activation and calcium imaging by coexpression of a red-shifted opsin and a genetically encoded calcium indicator. A spatial light modulator allows tens of user-selected neurons to be targeted for spatiotemporally precise concurrent optogenetic activation, while simultaneous fast calcium imaging provides high-resolution network-wide readout of the manipulation with negligible optical cross-talk. Proof-of-principle experiments in mouse barrel cortex demonstrate interrogation of the same neuronal population during different behavioral states and targeting of neuronal ensembles based on their functional signature. This approach extends the optogenetic toolkit beyond the specificity obtained with genetic or viral approaches, enabling high-throughput, flexible and long-term optical interrogation of functionally defined neural circuits with single-cell and single-spike resolution in the mouse brain in vivo.

Original publication

DOI

10.1038/nmeth.3217

Type

Journal article

Journal

Nat Methods

Publication Date

02/2015

Volume

12

Pages

140 - 146

Keywords

Action Potentials, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Calcium, Calcium Signaling, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Female, Locomotion, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton, Neurons, Opsins, Optogenetics, Photic Stimulation, Single-Cell Analysis