NeuroExaminer: an all-glass microfluidic device for whole-brain in vivo imaging in zebrafish

Commun Biol. 2020 Jun 16;3(1):311. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-1029-7.

Abstract

While microfluidics enables chemical stimuli application with high spatio-temporal precision, light-sheet microscopy allows rapid imaging of entire zebrafish brains with cellular resolution. Both techniques, however, have not been combined to monitor whole-brain neural activity yet. Unlike conventional microfluidics, we report here an all-glass device (NeuroExaminer) that is compatible with whole-brain in vivo imaging using light-sheet microscopy and can thus provide insights into brain function in health and disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Genetically Modified
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Calcium Signaling
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Glass
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices*
  • Larva
  • Microfluidics / instrumentation
  • Microscopy / instrumentation*
  • Microscopy / methods
  • Zebrafish* / genetics