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Sintsov M, Suchkov D, Khazipov R, Minlebaev M. Developmental Changes in Sensory-Evoked Optical Intrinsic Signals in the Rat Barrel Cortex. Front Cell Neurosci 2017; 11:392. [PMID: 29311827 PMCID: PMC5733043 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Optical Intrinsic Signal imaging (OISi) is a powerful technique for optical brain studies. OIS mainly reflects the hemodynamic response (HR) and metabolism, but it may also involve changes in tissue light scattering (LS) caused by transient cellular swelling in the active tissue. Here, we explored the developmental features of sensory-evoked OIS in the rat barrel cortex during the first 3 months after birth. Multispectral OISi revealed that two temporally distinct components contribute to the neonatal OIS: an early phase of LS followed by a late phase of HR. The contribution of LS to the early response was also evidenced by an increase in light transmission through the active barrel. The early OIS phase correlated in time and amplitude with the sensory-evoked electrophysiological response. Application of the Modified Beer-Lambert Law (MBLL) to the OIS data revealed that HR during the early phase involved only a slight decrease in blood oxygenation without any change in blood volume. In contrast, HR during the late phase manifested an adult-like increase in blood volume and oxygenation. During development, the peak time of the delayed HR progressively shortened with age, nearly reaching the stimulus onset and overlapping with the early LS phase by the fourth postnatal week. Thus, LS contributes to the sensory-evoked OIS in the barrel cortex of rats at all ages, and it dominates the early OIS phase in neonatal rats due to delayed HR. Our results are also consistent with the delayed blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal in human preterm infants.
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- Mikhail Sintsov
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.,INMED-INSERM U901, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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- Laboratory of Neurobiology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Russia.,INMED-INSERM U901, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France
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Stevens RT, Hodge CJ. Functional barrel cortex in 'hairless', nude mice. Brain Res 2007; 1156:93-8. [PMID: 17499613 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.04.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2007] [Revised: 04/16/2007] [Accepted: 04/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Although nude mice are not truly hairless, they demonstrate abnormal hair structure and growth patterns, which are related to their genetic state. Whereas wild-type mice are born with visible vibrissae, nude mice are distinguishable at birth by the lack of visible vibrissae, which do not appear until approximately postnatal day 6. Additionally, adult nude mice have abnormal whisker cycling patterns in which structurally normal whisker follicles produce fragile whiskers which break or fallout leaving follicles whiskerless for several days before a fine replacement whisker appears and develops. The current study shows that despite these abnormal periods of whisker deprivation, the barrel cortex of nude mice develops a normal structural appearance viewed with cytochrome oxidase staining. Additionally, intrinsic optical imaging studies of barrel cortex responses to single whisker stimulation do not appear altered from normal despite periodic loss of adjacent whiskers.
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- Richard T Stevens
- Department of Neurosurgery, 750 East Adams St., SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
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Yazawa I, Sasaki S, Mochida H, Kamino K, Momose-Sato Y, Sato K. Developmental changes in trial-to-trial variations in whisker barrel responses studied using intrinsic optical imaging: comparison between normal and de-whiskered rats. J Neurophysiol 2001; 86:392-401. [PMID: 11431519 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2001.86.1.392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We used an intrinsic optical imaging technique to examine postnatal developmental changes in the rat barrel response to a single whisker movement. We compared the optical response patterns between control and de-whiskered rats, from which whiskers were removed except for the D1 whisker just after birth. Barrel responses were evoked by D1-whisker movement stimulation, and the intrinsic optical signals were detected from the somatosensory cortex through the dura mater. In the control rats, the area of the barrel response decreased gradually as postnatal development proceeded from 2 to 7 wk, until reaching the adult pattern. On the other hand, in the de-whiskered rats, the barrel response area did not change during development and showed a larger size than in the control rats. We also compared the trial-to-trial variations in the barrel responses between the two groups. In the control rats, trial-to-trial variations in the optical responses were observed under the same conditions of whisker stimulation, and the extent of the variations decreased with postnatal development up to 7 wk. In the de-whiskered rats, trial-to-trial variations were also observed, but the extent was larger and unchanged during development. In both groups, the positions of the response area were the same with respect to the bregma. These results suggest that the decrease in the area and variations in the optical responses are caused by interactions of the corresponding whisker barrel with neighboring barrels and that these interactions are necessary for the developmental stabilization of the intracortical horizontal connections, which are widespread and have high plasticity in early postnatal periods.
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- I Yazawa
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, Japan
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Inyushin MY, Volnova AB, Lenkov DN. Use of a simplified method of optical recording to identify foci of maximal neuron activity in the somatosensory cortex of white rats. NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 31:201-5. [PMID: 11388374 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005272526284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Eight mongrel white male rats were studied under urethane anesthesia, and neuron activity evoked by mechanical and/or electrical stimulation of the contralateral whiskers was recorded in the primary somatosensory cortex. Recordings were made using a digital USB chamber attached to the printer port of a Pentium 200MMX computer running standard programs. Optical images were obtained in the barrel-field zone using a differential signal, i.e., the difference signal for cortex images in control and experimental animals. The results obtained here showed that subtraction of averaged sequences of frames yielded images consisting of spots reflecting the probable position of activated groups of neurons. The most effective stimulation consisted of natural low-frequency stimulation of the whiskers. The method can be used for preliminary mapping of cortical zones, as it provides for rapid and reproducible testing of the activity of neuron ensembles over large areas of the cortex.
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- M Y Inyushin
- Developmental Neurobiology Laboratory, A.A. Ukhtomskii Physiological Science Research Institute, St Petersburg State University, Russia
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Malformation of the functional organization of somatosensory cortex in adult ephrin-A5 knock-out mice revealed by in vivo functional imaging. J Neurosci 2000. [PMID: 10908626 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-15-05841.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanisms that coordinate the functional organization of the mammalian neocortex are largely unknown. We tested the involvement of a putative guidance label, ephrin-A5, in the functional organization of the somatosensory cortex by quantifying the functional representations of individual whiskers in vivo in adult ephrin-A5 knock-out mice, using intrinsic signal optical imaging. In wild-type mice ephrin-A5 is expressed in a gradient in the somatosensory cortex during development. In adult ephrin-A5 knock-out mice, we found a spatial gradient of change in the amount of cortical territory shared by individual whisker functional representations across the somatosensory cortex, as well as a gradient of change in the distance between the functional representations. Both gradients of change were in correspondence with the developmental expression gradient of ephrin-A5 in wild-type mice. These changes involved malformations of the cortical spacing of the thalamocortical components, without concurrent malformations of the intracortical components of individual whisker functional representations. Overall, these results suggest that a developmental guidance label, such as ephrin-A5, is involved in establishing certain spatial relationships of the functional organization of the adult neocortex, and they underscore the advantage of investigating gene manipulation using in vivo functional imaging.
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Chen-Bee CH, Polley DB, Brett-Green B, Prakash N, Kwon MC, Frostig RD. Visualizing and quantifying evoked cortical activity assessed with intrinsic signal imaging. J Neurosci Methods 2000; 97:157-73. [PMID: 10788670 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0270(00)00180-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Intrinsic signal imaging (ISI) measures changes in light reflectance from the illuminated cortex (intrinsic signals or IS) attributed to various vascular and metabolic sources that, when using illumination in the 600 nm range, appear to co-localize with neuronal activity. Given the multiple sources contributing to the collected IS, the common practice of averaging across an extended post-stimulus time epoch before dividing by baseline data typically visualizes evoked IS overlying both the cortical tissue and the large surface blood vessels. In rat PMBSF, the contribution from these vessels are problematic as they do not co-localize with known PMBSF function. Determining a means for quantifying the evoked IS area poses an additional challenge. Here, we describe how exploiting IS collected shortly after stimulus onset (within 1.5 s), which coincides with fast oxygen consumption of active neurons, visualizes evoked IS overlying the cortical tissue without the large surface vessels. We also describe how the use of absolute thresholds combined with a baseline determined from data collected immediately prior to stimulus onset (within 1 s) targets most precisely a specific evoked IS amplitude, a method that should be especially useful when evoked areas are expected to occupy a substantial portion of the total imaged area and/or when peak activity is expected to differ between subjects.
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- C H Chen-Bee
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior and Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine 92697-4550, USA
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Tanaka T, Yazawa I, Sato K, Momose-Sato Y, Kamino K. Consistency behind trial-to-trial variation in intrinsic optical responses to single-whisker movement in the rat D1-barrel cortex. Neurosci Res 2000; 36:193-207. [PMID: 10683523 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-0102(99)00117-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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We examined consistent characteristics behind the trial-to-trial variati on in intrinsic optical imaging of single barrel cortical responses to D 1-whisker movement in 2-5-week postnatal (2-5 W) and adul t (>9-weeks) Wistar rats, and we identified the effective are a of the neural response. The extent/size, configuration and orientation of the intrinsic optical response area varied from trial-to-trial with the same whisker stimulation. We argue that the trial-to-trial variation was due to cortical blood circulation related to the barrel neural activity. Subsequently, interpolating a family of the traces of the optical response area imaged with repeated stimulation for each animal, we extracted a centered circular area from the trial-to-trial response for each animal. Although the trial-to-trial variation decreased gradually with age, the spatial extent of the interpolated response area was consistently about 660 microm in diameter, in agreement with that measured morphologically and/or histochemically. A possible interpretation is that the optically defined area appears to image the actual effective single-barrel response area, as a first approximation. Furthermore, the constancy of the extracted area independent of age suggests that the barrel cortex is, in fact, virtually mature by 2 weeks of age. The extracted area was also nearly independent of the frequency (>/=5 Hz) of whisker movement.
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- T Tanaka
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Ajima A, Matsuda Y, Ohki K, Kim DS, Tanaka S. GABA-mediated representation of temporal information in rat barrel cortex. Neuroreport 1999; 10:1973-9. [PMID: 10501543 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199906230-00033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Temporal sequences of inputs to the rat whiskers are thought to be important to recognize the environment of the rat. In this study, we applied combined stimulations to neighboring whiskers D1 and D2, and the cortical activities evoked in the rat barrel cortex were measured using the intrinsic optical imaging technique. The timing of stimulation to neighboring whiskers affected the evoked cortical activities: the cortical activity evoked by in-phase stimulation to D1 and D2 was significantly stronger than that evoked by out-of-phase stimulation. In order to elucidate the mechanism underlying this phenomenon, the effect of blockade of cortical inhibitory circuits was examined. Iontophoretic application of bicuculline or saclofen (GABA-A or GABA-B antagonist) increased the evoked cortical activities and diminished the difference in activities obtained with in-phase and anti-phase stimulation. These results suggest that local inhibitory circuits play a critical role in coding temporal information of whisker stimulation.
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Hodge CJ, Stevens RT, Newman H, Merola J, Chu C. Identification of functioning cortex using cortical optical imaging. Neurosurgery 1997; 41:1137-44; discussion 1144-5. [PMID: 9361069 DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199711000-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the technique of cortical optical imaging (COI) of intrinsic cortical optical signals related to neuronal activation. The specific goals of the study were to evaluate some of the technical aspects of COI and thus maximize the intensity of the image of this intrinsic signaling process and to determine the physiological reliability of COI in a well-defined animal system. METHODS The intrinsic optical signal of activated whisker barrel cortex of rat was imaged using a computer-based technique for rapid acquisition of enhanced images. Single-unit microelectrode recordings of cortical neuronal responses to whisker movement were used to confirm the locations of the whisker barrels. RESULTS Narrow band incident light at 600- to 610-nm wavelength was most effective for producing optical images. Images could be obtained during activation by a single long (40 s) stimulus or by averaging the signal generated by repeated shorter (1-8 s) stimuli. Focusing slightly below the cortical surface, minimizing movement, and abolishing extraneous light were all important in increasing the signal-to-noise ratio. The locations of whisker movement-evoked cortical activity determined using COI are consistent with the known functional anatomy of rat whisker barrel cortex. The images obtained with this experimental arrangement are shown to be accurate predictors of the location of neuronal activity determined by comparing the locations of active sites identified with COI with locations of areas of neuronal activity determined using single-cell recording techniques. CONCLUSIONS COI is able to rapidly identify areas of cortex containing elicited neuronal activity. The technique allows cortical activation maps to be made rapidly with a very high degree of spatial resolution. COI is reliable and consistent over time. COI, if used carefully, holds promise as an intraoperative technique to study both human and experimental animal cortical function.
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- C J Hodge
- Department of Neurosurgery, Health Science Center at Syracuse, New York, USA
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Kleinfeld D, Delaney KR. Distributed representation of vibrissa movement in the upper layers of somatosensory cortex revealed with voltage-sensitive dyes. J Comp Neurol 1996; 375:89-108. [PMID: 8913895 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19961104)375:1<89::aid-cne6>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We have identified large-scale patterns of electrical activity in circuits that occur in response to stimulation of peripheral receptors. Our focus was on primary (S1) vibrissal cortex of anesthetized rat, and we used optical techniques in conjunction with voltage-sensitive dyes to measure depolarization of the upper layers of cortex. Displacement of one vibrissa produced a field of activity that extends over very many cortical columns in S1. There are multiple, focal maxima within this field. A global maximum is located near the center of the field of activity, and, as determined electrically and histologically, this site maps to the cortical column appropriate for the deflected vibrissa. The amplitude of this component attains a steady-state value under continuous stimulation. Additional temporal characteristics are revealed by the response to a single displacement; the signal was triphasic and began with a prompt depolarization that was followed by a transient phase of inhibition and a final phase of long-lasting depolarization. The somatotopy of the other, satellite maxima in the field of activity were established through the reconstruction of the fields of activity produced by individual stimulation of other vibrissae. Local maxima for one vibrissa were seen to overlie the global maximum found for stimulation of nearest- and next-nearest-neighbor vibrissae. In contrast to the amplitude of the global maxima, the amplitude associated with the local maxima was not maintained with either continuous or infrequent but repetitive stimulation. Finally, the field of activity induced by alternate deflection of two neighboring vibrissae was suppressed in amplitude in comparison to the summed amplitudes of the signals elicited by deflection of each vibrissa alone. We suggest that these patterns of activity are a manifestation of the dynamic interaction among neighboring cortical columns.
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- D Kleinfeld
- Biological Computation Research Department, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA.
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Chen-Bee CH, Kwon MC, Masino SA, Frostig RD. Areal extent quantification of functional representations using intrinsic signal optical imaging. J Neurosci Methods 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(96)00056-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Dowling JL, Henegar MM, Liu D, Rovainen CM, Woolsey TA. Rapid optical imaging of whisker responses in the rat barrel cortex. J Neurosci Methods 1996; 66:113-22. [PMID: 8835795 DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(96)00007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Videomicroscopy was used to image 'intrinsic' responses over the rat barrel cortex through a closed cranial window during controlled whisker stimulation. With a Macintosh IIfx running Image 1.49 VDM, video frames from a CCD camera were captured and averaged before, during and after whisker stimulation. The technique presented here is a functional imaging modality--using conventional videomicroscopic equipment, a small computer, and public domain NIH Image software--with a temporal resolution of 33 ms. Images can be obtained directly from the CCD camera or recorded to videotape for post hoc analysis. Pixel by pixel comparison of prestimulation images to images obtained during stimulation revealed changes in the reflectance characteristics of cortex and vessels overlying the barrel field. Imaged responses superimposed on barrel histology to map intrinsic signal matched barrels of the stimulated whiskers in every case. Video imaging of the rat barrel cortex provides a useful method for rapid targeting for other experimental protocols and has potential for analyzing localized responses to physiologic stimuli in vivo.
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- J L Dowling
- Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Masino SA, Frostig RD. Quantitative long-term imaging of the functional representation of a whisker in rat barrel cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:4942-7. [PMID: 8643508 PMCID: PMC39384 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.10.4942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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In this study, we implement chronic optical imaging of intrinsic signals in rat barrel cortex and repeatedly quantify the functional representation of a single whisker over time. The success of chronic imaging for more than 1 month enabled an evaluation of the normal dynamic range of this sensory representation. In individual animals for a period of several weeks, we found that: (i) the average spatial extent of the quantified functional representation of whisker C2 is surprisingly large--1.71 mm2 (area at half-height); (ii) the location of the functional representation is consistent; and (iii) there are ongoing but nonsystematic changes in spatiotemporal characteristics such as the size, shape, and response amplitude of the functional representation. These results support a modified description of the functional organization of barrel cortex, where although a precisely located module corresponds to a specific whisker, this module is dynamic, large, and overlaps considerably with the modules of many other whiskers.
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- S A Masino
- Department of Psychobiology, University of California, Irvine, 92717-4550, USA
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Work is currently being done by a number of groups to investigate the possibility of creating one or more neuroscience databases. These databases could provide: (1) a means for conveying complete descriptions of experiments; (2) a platform for virtual experiments; (3) and an interface where modeling and experimental results could be exchanged. This paper describes work towards creating a local database with these capabilities by creating a set of experimental neurophysiology software tools that are tied to a database of experiment descriptions via external scripting mechanisms. These tools provide a means of exploring results and data that can lead to insights into the data that suggest new avenues of research. Because the scriptability of the tools allows for automation of re-analysis of the data, virtual experiments for testing new hypotheses over large datasets becomes possible. Such virtual experiments are particularly relevant to computational neuroscience, as they allow hypotheses generated by models to be immediately tested without further collection of experimental data.
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- B E Peterson
- Section of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
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