Two-photon calcium imaging from head-fixed Drosophila during optomotor walking behavior.
Nat Methods
; 7(7): 535-40, 2010 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Drosophila melanogaster is a model organism rich in genetic tools to manipulate and identify neural circuits involved in specific behaviors. Here we present a technique for two-photon calcium imaging in the central brain of head-fixed Drosophila walking on an air-supported ball. The ball's motion is tracked at high resolution and can be treated as a proxy for the fly's own movements. We used the genetically encoded calcium sensor, GCaMP3.0, to record from important elements of the motion-processing pathway, the horizontal-system lobula plate tangential cells (LPTCs) in the fly optic lobe. We presented motion stimuli to the tethered fly and found that calcium transients in horizontal-system neurons correlated with robust optomotor behavior during walking. Our technique allows both behavior and physiology in identified neurons to be monitored in a genetic model organism with an extensive repertoire of walking behaviors.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Procesamiento de Imagen Asistido por Computador
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Calcio
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Caminata
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Drosophila melanogaster
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Actividad Motora
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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En
Revista:
Nat Methods
Asunto de la revista:
TECNICAS E PROCEDIMENTOS DE LABORATORIO
Año:
2010
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos