Chapter title |
In Vivo Functional Imaging of Retinal Neurons Using Red and Green Fluorescent Calcium Indicators
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Chapter number | 17 |
Book title |
Retinal Degenerative Diseases
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-75402-4_17 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-975401-7, 978-3-31-975402-4
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Authors |
Soon K. Cheong, Wenjun Xiong, Jennifer M. Strazzeri, Constance L. Cepko, David R. Williams, William H. Merigan |
Abstract |
Adaptive optics retinal imaging of fluorescent calcium indicators is a minimally invasive method used to study retinal physiology over extended periods of time. It has potential for discovering novel retinal circuits, tracking retinal function in animal models of retinal disease, and assessing vision restoration therapy. We previously demonstrated functional adaptive optics imaging of retinal neurons in the living eye using green fluorescent calcium indicators; however, the use of green fluorescent indicators presents challenges that stem from the fact that they are excited by short-wavelength light. Using red fluorescent calcium indicators such as jRGECO1a, which is excited with longer-wavelength light (~560 nm), makes imaging approximately five times safer than using short-wavelength light (~500 nm) used to excite green fluorescent calcium indicators such as GCaMP6s. Red fluorescent indicators also provide alternative wavelength imaging regimes to overcome cross talk with the sensitivities of intrinsic photoreceptors and blue light-activated channelrhodopsins. Here we evaluate jRGECO1a for in vivo functional adaptive optics imaging of retinal neurons using single-photon excitation in mice. We find that jRGECO1a provides similar fidelity as the established green indicator GCaMP6s. |
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