IEEE Transactions on Image Processing,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
31, P. 3509 - 3524
Published: Jan. 1, 2022
Optical
imaging
of
calcium
signals
in
the
brain
has
enabled
researchers
to
observe
activity
hundreds-to-thousands
individual
neurons
simultaneously.
Current
methods
predominantly
use
morphological
information,
typically
focusing
on
expected
shapes
cell
bodies,
better
identify
field-of-view.
The
explicit
shape
constraints
limit
applicability
automated
identification
other
important
scales
with
more
complex
morphologies,
e.g.,
dendritic
or
widefield
imaging.
Specifically,
fluorescing
components
may
be
broken
up,
incompletely
found,
merged
ways
that
do
not
accurately
describe
underlying
neural
activity.
Here
we
present
Graph
Filtered
Temporal
Dictionary
(GraFT),
a
new
approach
frames
problem
isolating
independent
as
dictionary
learning
problem.
focus
time-traces-the
main
quantity
used
scientific
discovery-and
learn
time
trace
spatial
maps
acting
presence
coefficients
encoding
which
pixels
time-traces
are
active
in.
Furthermore,
novel
graph
filtering
model
redefines
connectivity
between
terms
their
shared
temporal
activity,
rather
than
proximity.
This
greatly
eases
ability
our
method
handle
data
non-local
structure.
We
demonstrate
properties
method,
such
robustness
morphology,
simultaneously
detecting
different
neuronal
types,
and
implicitly
inferring
number
neurons,
both
synthetic
real
examples.
applications
at
dendritic,
somatic,
scales.
Journal of Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
41(19), P. 4160 - 4168
Published: April 23, 2021
The
brain
functions
through
coordinated
activity
among
distributed
regions.
Wide-field
calcium
imaging,
combined
with
improved
genetically
encoded
indicators,
allows
sufficient
signal-to-noise
ratio
and
spatiotemporal
resolution
to
afford
a
unique
opportunity
capture
cortex-wide
dynamics
on
moment-by-moment
basis
in
behaving
animals.
Recent
applications
of
this
approach
have
been
uncovering
cortical
at
unprecedented
scales
during
various
cognitive
processes,
ranging
from
relatively
simple
sensorimotor
integration
more
complex
decision-making
tasks.
In
review,
we
will
highlight
recent
scientific
advances
enabled
by
wide-field
imaging
mice.
We
then
summarize
several
technical
considerations
future
opportunities
for
uncover
large-scale
circuit
dynamics.
Journal of Neuroscience Methods,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
354, P. 109100 - 109100
Published: Feb. 15, 2021
Deciphering
neurologic
function
is
a
daunting
task,
requiring
understanding
the
neuronal
networks
and
emergent
properties
that
arise
from
interactions
among
single
neurons.
Mechanistic
insights
into
require
tools
simultaneously
assess
both
neuron
activity
consequent
mesoscale
output.
The
development
of
cranial
window
technologies,
in
which
skull
thinned
or
replaced
with
synthetic
optical
interface,
has
enabled
monitoring
subcellular
to
resolution
awake,
behaving
animals
when
coupled
advanced
microscopy
techniques.
Here
we
review
recent
achievements
appraise
relative
merits
each
design
discuss
future
research
design.
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.
Cell Reports,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
42(6), P. 112527 - 112527
Published: May 26, 2023
Although
resting-state
functional
magnetic
resonance
imaging
(fMRI)
studies
have
observed
dynamically
changing
brain-wide
networks
of
correlated
activity,
fMRI's
dependence
on
hemodynamic
signals
makes
results
challenging
to
interpret.
Meanwhile,
emerging
techniques
for
real-time
recording
large
populations
neurons
revealed
compelling
fluctuations
in
neuronal
activity
across
the
brain
that
are
obscured
by
traditional
trial
averaging.
To
reconcile
these
observations,
we
use
wide-field
optical
mapping
simultaneously
record
pan-cortical
and
awake,
spontaneously
behaving
mice.
Some
components
clearly
represent
sensory
motor
function.
However,
particularly
during
quiet
rest,
strongly
fluctuating
patterns
diverse
regions
contribute
greatly
interregional
correlations.
Dynamic
changes
correlations
coincide
with
arousal
state.
Simultaneously
acquired
hemodynamics
depict
similar
brain-state-dependent
correlation
shifts.
These
support
a
neural
basis
dynamic
fMRI,
while
highlighting
importance
study
Biology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
11(11), P. 1601 - 1601
Published: Nov. 1, 2022
A
central
tenet
of
neuroscience
is
that
sensory,
motor,
and
cognitive
behaviors
are
generated
by
the
communications
interactions
among
neurons,
distributed
within
across
anatomically
functionally
distinct
brain
regions.
Therefore,
to
decipher
how
plans,
learns,
executes
requires
characterizing
neuronal
activity
at
multiple
spatial
temporal
scales.
This
includes
simultaneously
recording
dynamics
mesoscale
level
understand
regions
during
different
behavioral
states.
Wide-field
Ca2+
imaging,
which
uses
single
photon
excitation
improved
genetically
encoded
indicators,
allows
for
simultaneous
recordings
large
areas
proving
be
a
powerful
tool
study
mesoscopic
scale
in
behaving
animals.
review
details
techniques
used
wide-field
imaging
various
approaches
employed
analyses
rich
neuronal-behavioral
data
sets
obtained.
Also
discussed
providing
novel
insights
into
both
normal
altered
neural
processing
disease.
Finally,
we
examine
limitations
approach
new
developments
bringing
capabilities
this
important
technique
investigating
large-scale
dynamics.