Advantages, Pitfalls, and Developments of All Optical Interrogation Strategies of Microcircuits in vivo
The holy grail for every neurophysiologist is to conclude a causal relationship between an elementary behaviour and the function of a specific brain area or circuit. Our effort to map elementary behaviours to specific brain loci and to further manipulate neural activity while observing the alteratio...
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| description | The holy grail for every neurophysiologist is to conclude a causal relationship between an elementary behaviour and the function of a specific brain area or circuit. Our effort to map elementary behaviours to specific brain loci and to further manipulate neural activity while observing the alterations in behaviour is in essence the goal for neuroscientists. Recent advancements in the area of experimental brain imaging in the form of longer wavelength near infrared (NIR) pulsed lasers with the development of highly efficient optogenetic actuators and reporters of neural activity, has endowed us with unprecedented resolution in spatiotemporal precision both in imaging neural activity as well as manipulating it with multiphoton microscopy. This readily available toolbox has introduced a so called all-optical physiology and interrogation of circuits and has opened new horizons when it comes to precisely, fast and non-invasively map and manipulate anatomically, molecularly or functionally identified mesoscopic brain circuits. The purpose of this review is to describe the advantages and possible pitfalls of all-optical approaches in system neuroscience, where by all-optical we mean use of multiphoton microscopy to image the functional response of neuron(s) in the network so to attain flexible choice of the cells to be also optogenetically photostimulated by holography, in absence of electrophysiology. Spatio-temporal constraints will be compared toward the classical reference of electrophysiology methods. When appropriate, in relation to current limitations of current optical approaches, we will make reference to latest works aimed to overcome these limitations, in order to highlight the most recent developments. We will also provide examples of types of experiments uniquely approachable all-optically. Finally, although mechanically non-invasive, all-optical electrophysiology exhibits potential off-target effects which can ambiguate and complicate the interpretation of the results. In summary, this review is an effort to exemplify how an all-optical experiment can be designed, conducted and interpreted from the point of view of the integrative neurophysiologist. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e28930bea294cc59e6ffcfeb8055e732022-12-22T02:33:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2022-06-011610.3389/fnins.2022.859803859803Advantages, Pitfalls, and Developments of All Optical Interrogation Strategies of Microcircuits in vivoStylianos PapaioannouPaolo MediniThe holy grail for every neurophysiologist is to conclude a causal relationship between an elementary behaviour and the function of a specific brain area or circuit. Our effort to map elementary behaviours to specific brain loci and to further manipulate neural activity while observing the alterations in behaviour is in essence the goal for neuroscientists. Recent advancements in the area of experimental brain imaging in the form of longer wavelength near infrared (NIR) pulsed lasers with the development of highly efficient optogenetic actuators and reporters of neural activity, has endowed us with unprecedented resolution in spatiotemporal precision both in imaging neural activity as well as manipulating it with multiphoton microscopy. This readily available toolbox has introduced a so called all-optical physiology and interrogation of circuits and has opened new horizons when it comes to precisely, fast and non-invasively map and manipulate anatomically, molecularly or functionally identified mesoscopic brain circuits. The purpose of this review is to describe the advantages and possible pitfalls of all-optical approaches in system neuroscience, where by all-optical we mean use of multiphoton microscopy to image the functional response of neuron(s) in the network so to attain flexible choice of the cells to be also optogenetically photostimulated by holography, in absence of electrophysiology. Spatio-temporal constraints will be compared toward the classical reference of electrophysiology methods. When appropriate, in relation to current limitations of current optical approaches, we will make reference to latest works aimed to overcome these limitations, in order to highlight the most recent developments. We will also provide examples of types of experiments uniquely approachable all-optically. Finally, although mechanically non-invasive, all-optical electrophysiology exhibits potential off-target effects which can ambiguate and complicate the interpretation of the results. In summary, this review is an effort to exemplify how an all-optical experiment can be designed, conducted and interpreted from the point of view of the integrative neurophysiologist.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.859803/fullnetwork functional imagingholographic optogeneticsall-optical circuit interrogationmultiphoton microscopyin vivo electrophysiology |
| spellingShingle | Stylianos Papaioannou Paolo Medini Advantages, Pitfalls, and Developments of All Optical Interrogation Strategies of Microcircuits in vivo Frontiers in Neuroscience network functional imaging holographic optogenetics all-optical circuit interrogation multiphoton microscopy in vivo electrophysiology |
| title | Advantages, Pitfalls, and Developments of All Optical Interrogation Strategies of Microcircuits in vivo |
| title_full | Advantages, Pitfalls, and Developments of All Optical Interrogation Strategies of Microcircuits in vivo |
| title_fullStr | Advantages, Pitfalls, and Developments of All Optical Interrogation Strategies of Microcircuits in vivo |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advantages, Pitfalls, and Developments of All Optical Interrogation Strategies of Microcircuits in vivo |
| title_short | Advantages, Pitfalls, and Developments of All Optical Interrogation Strategies of Microcircuits in vivo |
| title_sort | advantages pitfalls and developments of all optical interrogation strategies of microcircuits in vivo |
| topic | network functional imaging holographic optogenetics all-optical circuit interrogation multiphoton microscopy in vivo electrophysiology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.859803/full |
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