Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Nat Neurosci. 2016 Jun;19(6):816-25. doi: 10.1038/nn.4290. Epub 2016 Apr 18.
The dense reconstruction of neuronal circuits from volumetric electron microscopy (EM) data has the potential to uncover fundamental structure-function relationships in the brain. To address bottlenecks in the workflow of this emerging methodology, we developed a procedure for conductive sample embedding and a pipeline for neuron reconstruction. We reconstructed ∼98% of all neurons (>1,000) in the olfactory bulb of a zebrafish larva with high accuracy and annotated all synapses on subsets of neurons representing different types. The organization of the larval olfactory bulb showed marked differences from that of the adult but similarities to that of the insect antennal lobe. Interneurons comprised multiple types but granule cells were rare. Interglomerular projections of interneurons were complex and bidirectional. Projections were not random but biased toward glomerular groups receiving input from common types of sensory neurons. Hence, the interneuron network in the olfactory bulb exhibits a specific topological organization that is governed by glomerular identity.
从体视电子显微镜 (EM) 数据中对神经元回路进行密集重建,有可能揭示大脑中的基本结构-功能关系。为了解决这一新兴方法学工作流程中的瓶颈问题,我们开发了一种用于导电样品包埋的程序和一个神经元重建的流水线。我们以高精度重建了斑马鱼幼虫嗅球中约 98%的所有神经元(>1000 个),并对代表不同类型的神经元子集上的所有突触进行了注释。幼虫嗅球的组织显示出与成年动物明显的差异,但与昆虫触角叶相似。中间神经元包含多种类型,但颗粒细胞很少。神经元之间的细胞间投射是复杂的和双向的。投射不是随机的,而是偏向于从共同类型的感觉神经元接收输入的肾小球群。因此,嗅球中的中间神经元网络表现出特定的拓扑组织,由肾小球的身份决定。