Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, P.R. China.
Department of Neurosurgery, Southwestern Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, P.R. China.
Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 12;9(1):1857. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37885-w.
A growing pool of transgenic mice expressing Cre-recombinases, together with Cre-dependent opsin viruses, provide good tools to manipulate specific neural circuits related to eyeblink conditioning (EBC). However, currently available methods do not enable to get fast and precise readout of optogenetic control when the freely-moving mice are receiving EBC training. In the current study, we describe a laser diode (LD)-optical fiber (OF)-Tetrode assembly that allows for simultaneous multiple units recording and optical stimulation. Since the numbers of various cables that require to be connected are minimized, the LD-OF-Tetrode assembly can be combined with CS-US delivery apparatus for revealing the effects of optical stimulation on EBC in freely- moving mice. Moreover, this combination of techniques can be utilized to optogenetically intervene in hippocampal neuronal activities during the post-conditioning sleep in a closed-loop manner. This novel device thus enhances our ability to explore how specific neuronal assembly contributes to associative motor memory in vivo.
越来越多的表达 Cre 重组酶的转基因小鼠,与 Cre 依赖性视蛋白病毒一起,为操纵与眨眼条件反射(EBC)相关的特定神经回路提供了很好的工具。然而,目前可用的方法在自由移动的小鼠接受 EBC 训练时无法实现对光遗传学控制的快速和精确读取。在本研究中,我们描述了一种激光二极管(LD)-光纤(OF)-四极管组件,该组件允许同时进行多个单位记录和光学刺激。由于需要连接的各种电缆数量最小化,LD-OF-四极管组件可以与 CS-US 输送装置结合使用,以揭示光刺激对自由移动小鼠 EBC 的影响。此外,这种技术组合可用于在闭环方式下在条件后睡眠期间光遗传干预海马神经元活动。因此,这种新设备提高了我们在体内探索特定神经元组合如何有助于联想运动记忆的能力。