[Whole-brain activity mapping at single-cell resolution]

Nihon Yakurigaku Zasshi. 2019;153(6):278-283. doi: 10.1254/fpj.153.278.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The neuronal activity forms the basis of functional circuits and brain functions. To understand how the brain operates, recording of neural activity at micro-, meso-, and macro-scales is required. Recently, improved optical microscopic technology helps us to develop a whole-brain imaging system at a single-cell resolution. The combination of a whole-brain imaging system and a reporter system of neuronal activation enables a whole-brain mapping of neuronal activity. In this review, we first describe the high-speed and scalable whole-brain imaging system including our recently developed system, named FAST, and then present the instances of whole-brain mapping of neuronal activity and its analytical methods.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain / physiology*
  • Brain Mapping*
  • Humans
  • Nervous System Physiological Phenomena*
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Single-Cell Analysis*