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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91972-z
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- European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant Scheme [610110]
- LabEx LIFESENSES [ANR-10-LABX-65]
- IHU FOReSIGHT [ANR-18-IAHU-01]
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This study demonstrates the detection of deep optogenetic activations in anesthetized rats' V1 using fUS imaging. The optogenetic specificity of these activations and their neuronal origin were confirmed through electrophysiological recordings. Furthermore, it was shown that the optogenetic response initiated in V1 spreads to downstream (LGN) and upstream (V2) visual areas.
Optogenetics has revolutionized neurosciences by allowing fine control of neuronal activity. An important aspect for this control is assessing the activation and/or adjusting the stimulation, which requires imaging the entire volume of optogenetically-induced neuronal activity. An ideal technique for this aim is fUS imaging, which allows one to generate brain-wide activation maps with submesoscopic spatial resolution. However, optical stimulation of the brain with blue light might lead to non-specific activations at high irradiances. fUS imaging of optogenetic activations can be obtained at these wavelengths using lower light power (<2mW) but it limits the depth of directly activatable neurons from the cortical surface. Our main goal was to report that we can detect specific optogenetic activations in V1 even in deep layers following stimulation at the cortical surface. Here, we show the possibility to detect deep optogenetic activations in anesthetized rats expressing the red-shifted opsin ChrimsonR in V1 using fUS imaging. We demonstrate the optogenetic specificity of these activations and their neuronal origin with electrophysiological recordings. Finally, we show that the optogenetic response initiated in V1 spreads to downstream (LGN) and upstream (V2) visual areas.
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