Cell Reports,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
42(4), P. 112369 - 112369
Published: April 1, 2023
To
better
understand
how
the
brain
allows
primates
to
perform
various
sets
of
tasks,
ability
simultaneously
record
neural
activity
at
multiple
spatiotemporal
scales
is
challenging
but
necessary.
However,
contribution
single-unit
activities
(SUAs)
neurovascular
remains
be
fully
understood.
Here,
we
combine
functional
ultrasound
imaging
cerebral
blood
volume
(CBV)
and
SUA
recordings
in
visual
fronto-medial
cortices
behaving
macaques.
We
show
that
provides
a
significant
estimate
response
below
typical
fMRI
spatial
resolution
2mm3.
Furthermore,
our
results
also
SUAs
CBV
are
statistically
uncorrelated
during
resting
state
correlate
tasks.
These
have
important
implications
for
interpreting
findings
while
one
constructs
inferences
or
Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
474, P. 110 - 121
Published: March 13, 2021
Ultrasound
sensitivity
to
slow
blood
flow
motion
gained
two
orders
of
magnitude
in
the
last
decade
thanks
advent
ultrafast
ultrasound
imaging
at
thousands
frames
per
second.
In
neuroscience,
this
access
small
cerebral
vessels
led
introduction
as
a
new
and
full-fledged
neuroimaging
modality.
Much
functional
MRI
or
optical
imaging,
(fUS)
takes
benefit
neurovascular
coupling.
Its
ease
use,
portability,
spatial
temporal
resolution
makes
it
an
attractive
tool
for
brain
activity
preclinical
imaging.
A
large
fast-growing
number
studies
wide
variety
animal
models
have
demonstrated
its
potential
neuroscience
research.
Beyond
first
proof
concept
applications
humans
are
promising
proved
clear
clinical
interest
particular
human
neonates,
per-operative
surgery,
even
development
non-invasive
machine
interfaces.
Frontiers in Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
13
Published: Jan. 8, 2020
Oncological
neurosurgery
relies
heavily
on
making
continuous,
intra-operative
tumor-brain
delineations
based
image-guidance.
Limitations
of
currently
available
imaging
techniques
call
for
the
development
real-time
image-guided
resection
tools,
which
allow
reliable
functional
and
anatomical
information
in
an
setting.
Functional
ultrasound
(fUS),
is
a
new
mobile
neuro-imaging
tool
with
unprecedented
spatiotemporal
resolution,
allows
detection
small
changes
blood
dynamics
that
reflect
metabolic
activity
activated
neurons
through
neurovascular
coupling.
We
have
applied
fUS
during
conventional
awake
brain
surgery
to
determine
its
clinical
potential
both
vascular
mapping,
ultimate
aim
achieving
maximum
safe
tumor
resection.
During
surgery,
was
used
image
vasculature
task-evoked
activation
electrocortical
stimulation
mapping
(ESM)
as
gold
standard.
For
imaging,
patients
were
presented
motor,
language
or
visual
tasks,
while
probe
placed
over
(ESM-defined)
areas.
tissue
(pre-resection)
cavity
(post-resection)
imaged
by
moving
hand-held
along
continuous
trajectory
regions
interest.
A
total
10
included,
predominantly
intra-parenchymal
frontal
temporal
lobe
tumors
low
higher
histopathological
grades.
able
detect
areas
deep
inside
range
tasks
including
processing.
Brain
could
be
at
spatial
resolution
300
μm
1.5-2.0
ms
respectively,
revealing
tumor-specific,
healthy
characteristics.
The
current
study
presents
applying
surgery.
illustrate
relevance
ability
capture
cortical
responses
well
differences
characteristics
between
tissue.
As
neurosurgical
practice
still
pre-dominantly
leaning
inherently
limited
pre-operative
resection-guidance,
enters
scene
promising
alternative
anatomically
physiologically
informative.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: June 11, 2020
Functional
ultrasound
imaging
(fUS)
is
an
emerging
technique
that
detects
changes
of
cerebral
blood
volume
triggered
by
brain
activation.
Here,
we
investigate
the
extent
to
which
fUS
faithfully
reports
local
neuronal
activation
combining
and
two-photon
microscopy
(2PM)
in
a
co-registered
single
voxel
volume.
Using
machine-learning
approach,
compute
validate
transfer
functions
between
dendritic
calcium
signals
specific
neurons
vascular
measured
at
both
microscopic
mesoscopic
levels.
We
find
are
robust
across
wide
range
stimulation
paradigms
animals,
reveal
second
component
neurovascular
coupling
upon
very
strong
stimulation.
propose
can
be
considered
as
reliable
quantitative
reporters
follow
dynamics.
PLoS Computational Biology,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
16(4), P. e1007791 - e1007791
Published: April 13, 2020
Widefield
calcium
imaging
enables
recording
of
large-scale
neural
activity
across
the
mouse
dorsal
cortex.
In
order
to
examine
relationship
these
signals
resulting
behavior,
it
is
critical
demix
recordings
into
meaningful
spatial
and
temporal
components
that
can
be
mapped
onto
well-defined
brain
regions.
However,
no
current
tools
satisfactorily
extract
different
regions
in
individual
mice
a
data-driven
manner,
while
taking
account
mouse-specific
preparation-specific
differences.
Here,
we
introduce
Localized
semi-Nonnegative
Matrix
Factorization
(LocaNMF),
method
efficiently
decomposes
widefield
video
data
allows
us
directly
compare
multiple
by
outputting
localized
functional
are
significantly
more
interpretable
than
traditional
decomposition
techniques.
Moreover,
provides
natural
subspace
correlation
maps
dynamics
behaviors,
mice,
experimental
conditions,
identification
task-
movement-related
Neuron,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
110(10), P. 1631 - 1640.e4
Published: March 11, 2022
Functional
ultrasound
imaging
(fUSI)
is
an
appealing
method
for
measuring
blood
flow
and
thus
infer
brain
activity,
but
it
relies
on
the
physiology
of
neurovascular
coupling
requires
extensive
signal
processing.
To
establish
to
what
degree
fUSI
trial-by-trial
signals
reflect
neural
we
performed
simultaneous
recordings
with
Neuropixels
probes
in
awake
mice.
strongly
correlated
slow
(<0.3
Hz)
fluctuations
local
firing
rate
were
closely
predicted
by
smoothed
neurons,
particularly
putative
inhibitory
neurons.
The
optimal
smoothing
filter
had
a
width
∼3
s,
matched
hemodynamic
response
function
mice,
was
invariant
across
mice
stimulus
conditions,
similar
cortex
hippocampus.
also
spatially:
rates
as
highly
hemispheres
signals.
Thus,
measured
bears
simple
accurate
relationship
neuronal
firing.
Nature Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 23, 2023
Abstract
Understanding
how
cortical
circuits
generate
complex
behavior
requires
investigating
the
cell
types
that
comprise
them.
Functional
differences
across
pyramidal
neuron
(PyN)
have
been
observed
within
areas,
but
it
is
not
known
whether
these
local
extend
throughout
cortex,
nor
additional
emerge
when
larger-scale
dynamics
are
considered.
We
used
genetic
and
retrograde
labeling
to
target
tract,
intratelencephalic
corticostriatal
projection
neurons
measured
their
cortex-wide
activity.
Each
PyN
type
drove
unique
neural
dynamics,
both
at
scales.
Cortical
activity
optogenetic
inactivation
during
an
auditory
decision
task
revealed
distinct
functional
roles.
All
PyNs
in
parietal
cortex
were
recruited
perception
of
stimulus,
but,
surprisingly,
tract
had
largest
causal
role.
In
frontal
all
required
for
accurate
choices
showed
choice
tuning.
Our
results
reveal
rich,
cell-type-specific
shape
perceptual
decisions.