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Offner T, Weiss L, Daume D, Berk A, Inderthal TJ, Manzini I, Hassenklöver T. Functional odor map heterogeneity is based on multifaceted glomerular connectivity in larval Xenopus olfactory bulb. iScience 2023; 26:107518. [PMID: 37636047 PMCID: PMC10448113 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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Glomeruli are the functional units of the vertebrate olfactory bulb (OB) connecting olfactory receptor neuron (ORN) axons and mitral/tufted cell (MTC) dendrites. In amphibians, these two circuit elements regularly branch and innervate multiple, spatially distinct glomeruli. Using functional multiphoton-microscopy and single-cell tracing, we investigate the impact of this wiring on glomerular module organization and odor representations on multiple levels of the Xenopus laevis OB network. The glomerular odor map to amino acid odorants is neither stereotypic between animals nor chemotopically organized. Among the morphologically heterogeneous group of uni- and multi-glomerular MTCs, MTCs can selectively innervate glomeruli formed by axonal branches of individual ORNs. We conclude that odor map heterogeneity is caused by the coexistence of different intermingled glomerular modules. This demonstrates that organization of the amphibian main olfactory system is not strictly based on uni-glomerular connectivity.
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- Thomas Offner
- Institute of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Manzini I, Schild D, Di Natale C. Principles of odor coding in vertebrates and artificial chemosensory systems. Physiol Rev 2021; 102:61-154. [PMID: 34254835 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00036.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The biological olfactory system is the sensory system responsible for the detection of the chemical composition of the environment. Several attempts to mimic biological olfactory systems have led to various artificial olfactory systems using different technical approaches. Here we provide a parallel description of biological olfactory systems and their technical counterparts. We start with a presentation of the input to the systems, the stimuli, and treat the interface between the external world and the environment where receptor neurons or artificial chemosensors reside. We then delineate the functions of receptor neurons and chemosensors as well as their overall I-O relationships. Up to this point, our account of the systems goes along similar lines. The next processing steps differ considerably: while in biology the processing step following the receptor neurons is the "integration" and "processing" of receptor neuron outputs in the olfactory bulb, this step has various realizations in electronic noses. For a long period of time, the signal processing stages beyond the olfactory bulb, i.e., the higher olfactory centers were little studied. Only recently there has been a marked growth of studies tackling the information processing in these centers. In electronic noses, a third stage of processing has virtually never been considered. In this review, we provide an up-to-date overview of the current knowledge of both fields and, for the first time, attempt to tie them together. We hope it will be a breeding ground for better information, communication, and data exchange between very related but so far little connected fields.
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- Ivan Manzini
- Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Cellular Biophysics, University Medical Center, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Schwenkgrub J, Harrell ER, Bathellier B, Bouvier J. Deep imaging in the brainstem reveals functional heterogeneity in V2a neurons controlling locomotion. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:6/49/eabc6309. [PMID: 33277252 PMCID: PMC7821901 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc6309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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V2a neurons are a genetically defined cell class that forms a major excitatory descending pathway from the brainstem reticular formation to the spinal cord. Their activation has been linked to the termination of locomotor activity based on broad optogenetic manipulations. However, because of the difficulties involved in accessing brainstem structures for in vivo cell type-specific recordings, V2a neuron function has never been directly observed during natural behaviors. Here, we imaged the activity of V2a neurons using micro-endoscopy in freely moving mice. We find that as many as half of the V2a neurons are excited at locomotion arrest and with low reliability. Other V2a neurons are inhibited at locomotor arrests and/or activated during other behaviors such as locomotion initiation or stationary grooming. Our results establish that V2a neurons not only drive stops as suggested by bulk optogenetics but also are stratified into subpopulations that likely contribute to diverse motor patterns.
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- Joanna Schwenkgrub
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institut Pasteur, INSERM, Institut de l'Audition, 63 rue de Charenton, F-75012 Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institut Pasteur, INSERM, Institut de l'Audition, 63 rue de Charenton, F-75012 Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
- Institut Pasteur, INSERM, Institut de l'Audition, 63 rue de Charenton, F-75012 Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Offner T, Daume D, Weiss L, Hassenklöver T, Manzini I. Whole-Brain Calcium Imaging in Larval Xenopus. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2020; 2020:pdb.prot106815. [PMID: 33037078 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot106815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Sensory systems detect environmental stimuli and transform them into electrical activity patterns interpretable by the central nervous system. En route to higher brain centers, the initial sensory input is successively transformed by interposed secondary processing centers. Mapping the neuronal activity patterns at all of those stages is essential to understand sensory information processing. Larval Xenopus laevis is very well-suited for whole-brain imaging of neuronal activity. This is mainly due to its small size, transparency, and the accessibility of both peripheral and central parts of sensory systems. Here we describe a protocol for calcium imaging at several levels of the olfactory system using focal injection of chemical calcium indicator dyes or a Xenopus transgenic line with neuronal GCaMP6s expression. In combination with fast volumetric multiphoton microscopy, the calcium imaging methods described can provide detailed insight into spatiotemporal activity of entire brain regions at different stages of sensory information processing. Although the methods are broadly applicable to the central nervous system, in this work we focus on protocols for calcium imaging of glomeruli in the olfactory bulb and odor-responsive neurons in the olfactory amygdala.
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- Thomas Offner
- Department of Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Fore S, Acuña-Hinrichsen F, Mutlu KA, Bartoszek EM, Serneels B, Faturos NG, Chau KTP, Cosacak MI, Verdugo CD, Palumbo F, Ringers C, Jurisch-Yaksi N, Kizil C, Yaksi E. Functional properties of habenular neurons are determined by developmental stage and sequential neurogenesis. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:6/36/eaaz3173. [PMID: 32917624 PMCID: PMC7473745 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz3173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The developing brain undergoes drastic alterations. Here, we investigated developmental changes in the habenula, a brain region that mediates behavioral flexibility during learning, social interactions, and aversive experiences. We showed that developing habenular circuits exhibit multiple alterations that lead to an increase in the structural and functional diversity of cell types, inputs, and functional modules. As the habenula develops, it sequentially transforms into a multisensory brain region that can process visual, olfactory, mechanosensory, and aversive stimuli. Moreover, we observed that the habenular neurons display spatiotemporally structured spontaneous activity that shows prominent alterations and refinement with age. These alterations in habenular activity are accompanied by sequential neurogenesis and the integration of distinct neural clusters across development. Last, we revealed that habenular neurons with distinct functional properties are born sequentially at distinct developmental time windows. Our results highlight a strong link between the functional properties of habenular neurons and their precise birthdate.
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- Stephanie Fore
- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gata 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gata 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gata 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gata 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gata 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gata 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gata 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Dresden, Helmholtz Association, Tatzberg 41, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gata 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gata 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gata 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gata 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres Gate 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, St Olav University Hospital, Edvard Griegs Gate 8, 7030 Trondheim, Norway
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Dresden, Helmholtz Association, Tatzberg 41, 01307 Dresden, Germany
- Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (CMCB), TU Dresden, Fetscherstr. 105, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres gata 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway.
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Kermen F, Darnet L, Wiest C, Palumbo F, Bechert J, Uslu O, Yaksi E. Stimulus-specific behavioral responses of zebrafish to a large range of odors exhibit individual variability. BMC Biol 2020; 18:66. [PMID: 32539727 PMCID: PMC7296676 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-020-00801-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Odor-driven behaviors such as feeding, mating, and predator avoidance are crucial for animal survival. The neural pathways processing these behaviors have been well characterized in a number of species, and involve the activity of diverse brain regions following stimulation of the olfactory bulb by specific odors. However, while the zebrafish olfactory circuitry is well understood, a comprehensive characterization linking odor-driven behaviors to specific odors is needed to better relate olfactory computations to animal responses. RESULTS Here, we used a medium-throughput setup to measure the swimming trajectories of 10 zebrafish in response to 17 ecologically relevant odors. By selecting appropriate locomotor metrics, we constructed ethograms systematically describing odor-induced changes in the swimming trajectory. We found that adult zebrafish reacted to most odorants using different behavioral programs and that a combination of a few relevant behavioral metrics enabled us to capture most of the variance in these innate odor responses. We observed that individual components of natural food and alarm odors do not elicit the full behavioral response. Finally, we show that zebrafish blood elicits prominent defensive behaviors similar to those evoked by skin extract and activates spatially overlapping olfactory bulb domains. CONCLUSION Altogether, our results highlight a prominent intra- and inter-individual variability in zebrafish odor-driven behaviors and identify a small set of waterborne odors that elicit robust responses. Our behavioral setup and our results will be useful resources for future studies interested in characterizing innate olfactory behaviors in aquatic animals.
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- Florence Kermen
- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7030, Trondheim, Norway.
- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Imec Campus, Kapeldreef 75, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway.
- KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Imec Campus, Kapeldreef 75, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
- KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7030, Trondheim, Norway
- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7030, Trondheim, Norway
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- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Imec Campus, Kapeldreef 75, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
- KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Imec Campus, Kapeldreef 75, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
- KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7030, Trondheim, Norway.
- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Imec Campus, Kapeldreef 75, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
- KU Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Kermen F, Lal P, Faturos NG, Yaksi E. Interhemispheric connections between olfactory bulbs improve odor detection. PLoS Biol 2020; 18:e3000701. [PMID: 32310946 PMCID: PMC7192517 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Interhemispheric connections enable interaction and integration of sensory information in bilaterian nervous systems and are thought to optimize sensory computations. However, the cellular and spatial organization of interhemispheric networks and the computational properties they mediate in vertebrates are still poorly understood. Thus, it remains unclear to what extent the connectivity between left and right brain hemispheres participates in sensory processing. Here, we show that the zebrafish olfactory bulbs (OBs) receive direct interhemispheric projections from their contralateral counterparts in addition to top-down inputs from the contralateral zebrafish homolog of olfactory cortex. The direct interhemispheric projections between the OBs reach peripheral layers of the contralateral OB and retain a precise topographic organization, which directly connects similarly tuned olfactory glomeruli across hemispheres. In contrast, interhemispheric top-down inputs consist of diffuse projections that broadly innervate the inhibitory granule cell layer. Jointly, these interhemispheric connections elicit a balance of topographically organized excitation and nontopographic inhibition on the contralateral OB and modulate odor responses. We show that the interhemispheric connections in the olfactory system enable the modulation of odor response and contribute to a small but significant improvement in the detection of a reproductive pheromone when presented together with complex olfactory cues by potentiating the response of the pheromone selective neurons. Taken together, our data show a previously unknown function for an interhemispheric connection between chemosensory maps of the olfactory system. Interhemispheric connections enable interaction and integration of sensory information in bilaterian nervous systems and are thought to optimize sensory computations. This study shows that interhemispheric olfactory connections in the zebrafish brain improve the detection of a reproductive pheromone within a noisy odor background.
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- Florence Kermen
- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- * E-mail: (FK); (EY)
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium
- * E-mail: (FK); (EY)
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Whitening of odor representations by the wiring diagram of the olfactory bulb. Nat Neurosci 2020; 23:433-442. [PMID: 31959937 PMCID: PMC7101160 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-019-0576-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Neuronal computations underlying higher brain functions depend on synaptic interactions among specific neurons. A mechanistic understanding of such computations requires wiring diagrams of neuronal networks. In this study, we examined how the olfactory bulb (OB) performs 'whitening', a fundamental computation that decorrelates activity patterns and supports their classification by memory networks. We measured odor-evoked activity in the OB of a zebrafish larva and subsequently reconstructed the complete wiring diagram by volumetric electron microscopy. The resulting functional connectome revealed an over-representation of multisynaptic connectivity motifs that mediate reciprocal inhibition between neurons with similar tuning. This connectivity suppressed redundant responses and was necessary and sufficient to reproduce whitening in simulations. Whitening of odor representations is therefore mediated by higher-order structure in the wiring diagram that is adapted to natural input patterns.
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The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has emerged as a widely used model system during the last four decades. The fact that the zebrafish larva is transparent enables sophisticated in vivo imaging, including calcium imaging of intracellular transients in many different tissues. While being a vertebrate, the reduced complexity of its nervous system and small size make it possible to follow large-scale activity in the whole brain. Its genome is sequenced and many genetic and molecular tools have been developed that simplify the study of gene function in health and disease. Since the mid 90's, the development and neuronal function of the embryonic, larval, and later, adult zebrafish have been studied using calcium imaging methods. This updated chapter is reviewing the advances in methods and research findings of zebrafish calcium imaging during the last decade. The choice of calcium indicator depends on the desired number of cells to study and cell accessibility. Synthetic calcium indicators, conjugated to dextrans and acetoxymethyl (AM) esters, are still used to label specific neuronal cell types in the hindbrain and the olfactory system. However, genetically encoded calcium indicators, such as aequorin and the GCaMP family of indicators, expressed in various tissues by the use of cell-specific promoters, are now the choice for most applications, including brain-wide imaging. Calcium imaging in the zebrafish has contributed greatly to our understanding of basic biological principles during development and adulthood, and the function of disease-related genes in a vertebrate system.
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Scaling Principles of Distributed Circuits. Curr Biol 2019; 29:2533-2540.e7. [PMID: 31327712 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Identifying shared quantitative features of a neural circuit across species is important for 3 reasons. Often expressed in the form of power laws and called scaling relationships [1, 2], they reveal organizational principles of circuits, make insights gleaned from model systems widely applicable, and explain circuit performance and function, e.g., visual circuits [3, 4]. The visual circuit is topographic [5, 6], wherein retinal neurons target and activate predictable spatial loci in primary visual cortex. The brain, however, contains many circuits, where neuronal targets and activity are unpredictable and distributed throughout the circuit, e.g., olfactory circuits, in which glomeruli (or mitral cells) in the olfactory bulb synapse with neurons distributed throughout the piriform cortex [7-10]. It is unknown whether such circuits, which we term distributed circuits, are scalable. To determine whether distributed circuits scale, we obtained quantitative descriptions of the olfactory bulb and piriform cortex in six mammals using stereology techniques and light microscopy. Two conserved features provide evidence of scalability. First, the number of piriform neurons n and bulb glomeruli g scale as n∼g3/2. Second, the average number of synapses between a bulb glomerulus and piriform neuron is invariant at one. Using theory and modeling, we show that these two features preserve the discriminatory ability and precision of odor information across the olfactory circuit. As both abilities depend on circuit size, manipulating size provides evolution with a way to adapt a species to its niche without designing developmental programs de novo. These principles might apply to other distributed circuits like the hippocampus.
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Wanner AA, Vishwanathan A. Methods for Mapping Neuronal Activity to Synaptic Connectivity: Lessons From Larval Zebrafish. Front Neural Circuits 2018; 12:89. [PMID: 30410437 PMCID: PMC6209671 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2018.00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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For a mechanistic understanding of neuronal circuits in the brain, a detailed description of information flow is necessary. Thereby it is crucial to link neuron function to the underlying circuit structure. Multiphoton calcium imaging is the standard technique to record the activity of hundreds of neurons simultaneously. Similarly, recent advances in high-throughput electron microscopy techniques allow for the reconstruction of synaptic resolution wiring diagrams. These two methods can be combined to study both function and structure in the same specimen. Due to its small size and optical transparency, the larval zebrafish brain is one of the very few vertebrate systems where both, activity and connectivity of all neurons from entire, anatomically defined brain regions, can be analyzed. Here, we describe different methods and the tools required for combining multiphoton microscopy with dense circuit reconstruction from electron microscopy stacks of entire brain regions in the larval zebrafish.
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- Adrian A Wanner
- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
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- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
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Scheib JJ, Pozzuto JM, Byrd-Jacobs CA. Reversible deafferentation of the zebrafish olfactory bulb with wax plug insertion. J Neurosci Methods 2018; 311:47-56. [PMID: 30316892 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Deafferentation of the zebrafish olfactory bulb allows investigation of neuroplasticity in a particularly dynamic brain region of a popular model animal known for its regenerative abilities. Current methods to remove sensory input to the zebrafish olfactory bulb differ in the extent of deafferentation and potential for recovery. NEW METHOD We present a novel method of olfactory bulb deafferentation using continuous wax plug insertions into the nasal cavity of zebrafish. Wax plugs were placed in the nasal cavity and replaced if needed over 1wk or 3wk survival periods. Wax plugs were removed from fish after 1wk of occlusion to analyze the potential recovery of the olfactory organ and bulb. RESULTS Wax plug insertions caused a dramatic reduction in olfactory organ size and structure and significantly reduced afferent input to the olfactory bulb after 1wk and 3wk. Removal of the wax plugs after 1wk allowed for recovery of the olfactory organ and subsequent reinnervation of the olfactory bulb. COMPARISONS WITH EXISTING METHODS Chemical ablation with detergent causes partial, temporary deafferentation of the olfactory bulb. Cautery ablation causes complete, permanent deafferentation of the olfactory bulb. Wax plug insertions cause nearly complete, temporary deafferentation, allowing both significant deafferentation and the potential for reinnervation of the olfactory bulb. CONCLUSIONS The wax plug insertion method of deafferentation described here is unique in that it destroys almost completely the structure of the olfactory organ and removes almost completely sensory input to the olfactory bulb, yet the organ returns to its typical morphology and afferent innervation returns.
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- Jackson J Scheib
- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI, 49008-5410, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI, 49008-5410, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI, 49008-5410, USA.
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Zebrafish: an emerging real-time model system to study Alzheimer's disease and neurospecific drug discovery. Cell Death Discov 2018; 4:45. [PMID: 30302279 PMCID: PMC6170431 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-018-0109-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is emerging as an increasingly successful model for translational research on human neurological disorders. In this review, we appraise the high degree of neurological and behavioural resemblance of zebrafish with humans. It is highly validated as a powerful vertebrate model for investigating human neurodegenerative diseases. The neuroanatomic and neurochemical pathways of zebrafish brain exhibit a profound resemblance with the human brain. Physiological, emotional and social behavioural pattern similarities between them have also been well established. Interestingly, zebrafish models have been used successfully to simulate the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as well as Tauopathy. Their relatively simple nervous system and the optical transparency of the embryos permit real-time neurological imaging. Here, we further elaborate on the use of recent real-time imaging techniques to obtain vital insights into the neurodegeneration that occurs in AD. Zebrafish is adeptly suitable for Ca2+ imaging, which provides a better understanding of neuronal activity and axonal dystrophy in a non-invasive manner. Three-dimensional imaging in zebrafish is a rapidly evolving technique, which allows the visualisation of the whole organism for an elaborate in vivo functional and neurophysiological analysis in disease condition. Suitability to high-throughput screening and similarity with humans makes zebrafish an excellent model for screening neurospecific compounds. Thus, the zebrafish model can be pivotal in bridging the gap from the bench to the bedside. This fish is becoming an increasingly successful model to understand AD with further scope for investigation in neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration, which promises exciting research opportunities in the future.
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Franco LM, Okray Z, Linneweber GA, Hassan BA, Yaksi E. Reduced Lateral Inhibition Impairs Olfactory Computations and Behaviors in a Drosophila Model of Fragile X Syndrome. Curr Biol 2017; 27:1111-1123. [PMID: 28366741 PMCID: PMC5405172 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Revised: 02/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Fragile X syndrome (FXS) patients present neuronal alterations that lead to severe intellectual disability, but the underlying neuronal circuit mechanisms are poorly understood. An emerging hypothesis postulates that reduced GABAergic inhibition of excitatory neurons is a key component in the pathophysiology of FXS. Here, we directly test this idea in a FXS Drosophila model. We show that FXS flies exhibit strongly impaired olfactory behaviors. In line with this, olfactory representations are less odor specific due to broader response tuning of excitatory projection neurons. We find that impaired inhibitory interactions underlie reduced specificity in olfactory computations. Finally, we show that defective lateral inhibition across projection neurons is caused by weaker inhibition from GABAergic interneurons. We provide direct evidence that deficient inhibition impairs sensory computations and behavior in an in vivo model of FXS. Together with evidence of impaired inhibition in autism and Rett syndrome, these findings suggest a potentially general mechanism for intellectual disability. Lack of dFMRP leads to reduced olfactory attraction and aversion in fruit flies Odor selectivity of antennal lobe projection neurons is impaired in dfmr1− flies GABAergic lateral inhibition within the antennal lobe is weaker in dfmr1− flies Deficient lateral inhibition impairs sensory computations and animal behavior
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- Luis M Franco
- Neuroelectronics Research Flanders (NERF), KU Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière (ICM) - Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, UPMC, Sorbonne Universités, Inserm, CNRS, 47 Boulevard Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
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- Neuroelectronics Research Flanders (NERF), KU Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, NTNU, Olav Kyrres gate 9, 7030 Trondheim, Norway.
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Wanner AA, Genoud C, Friedrich RW. 3-dimensional electron microscopic imaging of the zebrafish olfactory bulb and dense reconstruction of neurons. Sci Data 2016; 3:160100. [PMID: 27824337 PMCID: PMC5100684 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2016.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Large-scale reconstructions of neuronal populations are critical for structural analyses of neuronal cell types and circuits. Dense reconstructions of neurons from image data require ultrastructural resolution throughout large volumes, which can be achieved by automated volumetric electron microscopy (EM) techniques. We used serial block face scanning EM (SBEM) and conductive sample embedding to acquire an image stack from an olfactory bulb (OB) of a zebrafish larva at a voxel resolution of 9.25×9.25×25 nm3. Skeletons of 1,022 neurons, 98% of all neurons in the OB, were reconstructed by manual tracing and efficient error correction procedures. An ergonomic software package, PyKNOSSOS, was created in Python for data browsing, neuron tracing, synapse annotation, and visualization. The reconstructions allow for detailed analyses of morphology, projections and subcellular features of different neuron types. The high density of reconstructions enables geometrical and topological analyses of the OB circuitry. Image data can be accessed and viewed through the neurodata web services (http://www.neurodata.io). Raw data and reconstructions can be visualized in PyKNOSSOS.
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- Adrian A. Wanner
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, 4003 Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, 4003 Basel, Switzerland
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Exposure to Zinc Sulfate Results in Differential Effects on Olfactory Sensory Neuron Subtypes in Adult Zebrafish. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17091445. [PMID: 27589738 PMCID: PMC5037724 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17091445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Revised: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Zinc sulfate is a known olfactory toxicant, although its specific effects on the olfactory epithelium of zebrafish are unknown. Olfactory organs of adult zebrafish were exposed to zinc sulfate and, after 2, 3, 5, 7, 10 or 14 days, fish were processed for histological, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, and behavioral analyses. Severe morphological disruption of the olfactory organ was observed two days following zinc sulfate exposure, including fusion of lamellae, epithelial inflammation, and significant loss of anti-calretinin labeling. Scanning electron microscopy revealed the apical surface of the sensory region was absent of ciliated structures, but microvilli were still present. Behavioral analysis showed significant loss of the ability to perceive bile salts and some fish also had no response to amino acids. Over the next several days, olfactory organ morphology, epithelial structure, and anti-calretinin labeling returned to control-like conditions, although the ability to perceive bile salts remained lost until day 14. Thus, exposure to zinc sulfate results in rapid degeneration of the olfactory organ, followed by restoration of morphology and function within two weeks. Zinc sulfate appears to have a greater effect on ciliated olfactory sensory neurons than on microvillous olfactory sensory neurons, suggesting differential effects on sensory neuron subtypes.
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Wanner AA, Genoud C, Masudi T, Siksou L, Friedrich RW. Dense EM-based reconstruction of the interglomerular projectome in the zebrafish olfactory bulb. Nat Neurosci 2016; 19:816-25. [PMID: 27089019 DOI: 10.1038/nn.4290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The dense reconstruction of neuronal circuits from volumetric electron microscopy (EM) data has the potential to uncover fundamental structure-function relationships in the brain. To address bottlenecks in the workflow of this emerging methodology, we developed a procedure for conductive sample embedding and a pipeline for neuron reconstruction. We reconstructed ∼98% of all neurons (>1,000) in the olfactory bulb of a zebrafish larva with high accuracy and annotated all synapses on subsets of neurons representing different types. The organization of the larval olfactory bulb showed marked differences from that of the adult but similarities to that of the insect antennal lobe. Interneurons comprised multiple types but granule cells were rare. Interglomerular projections of interneurons were complex and bidirectional. Projections were not random but biased toward glomerular groups receiving input from common types of sensory neurons. Hence, the interneuron network in the olfactory bulb exhibits a specific topological organization that is governed by glomerular identity.
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- Adrian A Wanner
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Gschwend O, Abraham NM, Lagier S, Begnaud F, Rodriguez I, Carleton A. Neuronal pattern separation in the olfactory bulb improves odor discrimination learning. Nat Neurosci 2015; 18:1474-1482. [PMID: 26301325 PMCID: PMC4845880 DOI: 10.1038/nn.4089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Neuronal pattern separation is thought to enable the brain to disambiguate sensory stimuli with overlapping features, thereby extracting valuable information. In the olfactory system, it remains unknown whether pattern separation acts as a driving force for sensory discrimination and the learning thereof. We found that overlapping odor-evoked input patterns to the mouse olfactory bulb (OB) were dynamically reformatted in the network on the timescale of a single breath, giving rise to separated patterns of activity in an ensemble of output neurons, mitral/tufted (M/T) cells. Notably, the extent of pattern separation in M/T assemblies predicted behavioral discrimination performance during the learning phase. Furthermore, exciting or inhibiting GABAergic OB interneurons, using optogenetics or pharmacogenetics, altered pattern separation and thereby odor discrimination learning in a bidirectional way. In conclusion, we propose that the OB network can act as a pattern separator facilitating olfactory stimulus distinction, a process that is sculpted by synaptic inhibition.
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- Olivier Gschwend
- Department of Basic Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
- Geneva Neuroscience Center, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Basic Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
- Geneva Neuroscience Center, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Basic Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
- Geneva Neuroscience Center, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- Firmenich SA, Corporate R&D Division / Analytical Innovation, route des Jeunes 1, CH-1211 Geneva 8, Switzerland
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- Geneva Neuroscience Center, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Basic Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of Geneva, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
- Geneva Neuroscience Center, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Wyatt C, Bartoszek EM, Yaksi E. Methods for studying the zebrafish brain: past, present and future. Eur J Neurosci 2015; 42:1746-63. [PMID: 25900095 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2015] [Revised: 04/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is one of the most promising new model organisms. The increasing popularity of this amazing small vertebrate is evident from the exponentially growing numbers of research articles, funded projects and new discoveries associated with the use of zebrafish for studying development, brain function, human diseases and screening for new drugs. Thanks to the development of novel technologies, the range of zebrafish research is constantly expanding with new tools synergistically enhancing traditional techniques. In this review we will highlight the past and present techniques which have made, and continue to make, zebrafish an attractive model organism for various fields of biology, with a specific focus on neuroscience.
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- Cameron Wyatt
- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Imec Campus, Kapeldreef, Leuven, Belgium.,VIB, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Imec Campus, Kapeldreef, Leuven, Belgium.,VIB, Leuven, Belgium.,Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Imec Campus, Kapeldreef, Leuven, Belgium.,VIB, Leuven, Belgium.,KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Feierstein CE, Portugues R, Orger MB. Seeing the whole picture: A comprehensive imaging approach to functional mapping of circuits in behaving zebrafish. Neuroscience 2014; 296:26-38. [PMID: 25433239 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.11.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Revised: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In recent years, the zebrafish has emerged as an appealing model system to tackle questions relating to the neural circuit basis of behavior. This can be attributed not just to the growing use of genetically tractable model organisms, but also in large part to the rapid advances in optical techniques for neuroscience, which are ideally suited for application to the small, transparent brain of the larval fish. Many characteristic features of vertebrate brains, from gross anatomy down to particular circuit motifs and cell-types, as well as conserved behaviors, can be found in zebrafish even just a few days post fertilization, and, at this early stage, the physical size of the brain makes it possible to analyze neural activity in a comprehensive fashion. In a recent study, we used a systematic and unbiased imaging method to record the pattern of activity dynamics throughout the whole brain of larval zebrafish during a simple visual behavior, the optokinetic response (OKR). This approach revealed the broadly distributed network of neurons that were active during the behavior and provided insights into the fine-scale functional architecture in the brain, inter-individual variability, and the spatial distribution of behaviorally relevant signals. Combined with mapping anatomical and functional connectivity, targeted electrophysiological recordings, and genetic labeling of specific populations, this comprehensive approach in zebrafish provides an unparalleled opportunity to study complete circuits in a behaving vertebrate animal.
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- C E Feierstein
- Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Avenida Brasília, Doca de Pedrouços, Lisbon 1400-038, Portugal
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- Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152, Germany
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- Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Avenida Brasília, Doca de Pedrouços, Lisbon 1400-038, Portugal.
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Adam Y, Livneh Y, Miyamichi K, Groysman M, Luo L, Mizrahi A. Functional transformations of odor inputs in the mouse olfactory bulb. Front Neural Circuits 2014; 8:129. [PMID: 25408637 PMCID: PMC4219419 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Sensory inputs from the nasal epithelium to the olfactory bulb (OB) are organized as a discrete map in the glomerular layer (GL). This map is then modulated by distinct types of local neurons and transmitted to higher brain areas via mitral and tufted cells. Little is known about the functional organization of the circuits downstream of glomeruli. We used in vivo two-photon calcium imaging for large scale functional mapping of distinct neuronal populations in the mouse OB, at single cell resolution. Specifically, we imaged odor responses of mitral cells (MCs), tufted cells (TCs) and glomerular interneurons (GL-INs). Mitral cells population activity was heterogeneous and only mildly correlated with the olfactory receptor neuron (ORN) inputs, supporting the view that discrete input maps undergo significant transformations at the output level of the OB. In contrast, population activity profiles of TCs were dense, and highly correlated with the odor inputs in both space and time. Glomerular interneurons were also highly correlated with the ORN inputs, but showed higher activation thresholds suggesting that these neurons are driven by strongly activated glomeruli. Temporally, upon persistent odor exposure, TCs quickly adapted. In contrast, both MCs and GL-INs showed diverse temporal response patterns, suggesting that GL-INs could contribute to the transformations MCs undergo at slow time scales. Our data suggest that sensory odor maps are transformed by TCs and MCs in different ways forming two distinct and parallel information streams.
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- Yoav Adam
- Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Life Sciences, The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Life Sciences, The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Life Sciences, The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Life Sciences, The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
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White EJ, Kounelis SK, Byrd-Jacobs CA. Plasticity of glomeruli and olfactory-mediated behavior in zebrafish following detergent lesioning of the olfactory epithelium. Neuroscience 2014; 284:622-631. [PMID: 25450960 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.10.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/21/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The zebrafish olfactory system is a valuable model for examining neural regeneration after damage due to the remarkable plasticity of this sensory system and of fish species. We applied detergent to the olfactory organ and examined the effects on both morphology and function of the olfactory system in adult zebrafish. Olfactory organs were treated once with Triton X-100 unilaterally to study glomerular innervation patterns or bilaterally to study odor detection. Fish were allowed to recover for 4-10 days and were compared to untreated control fish. Axonal projections were analyzed using whole mount immunocytochemistry with anti-keyhole limpet hemocyanin, a marker of olfactory axons in teleosts. Chemical lesioning of the olfactory organ with a single dose of Triton X-100 had profound effects on glomerular distribution in the olfactory bulb at 4 days after treatment, with the most significant effects in the medial region of the bulb. Glomeruli had returned by 7 days post-treatment. Analysis of the ability of the fish to detect cocktails of amino acids or bile salts consisted of counting the number of turns the fish made before and after odorant delivery. Control fish turned more after exposure to both odorants. Fish tested 4 and 7 days after chemical lesioning made more turns in response to amino acids but did not respond to bile salts. At 10 days post-lesion, these fish had regained the ability to detect bile salts. Thus, the changes seen in bulbar innervation patterns correlated to odorant-mediated behavior. We show that the adult zebrafish brain has the capacity to recover rapidly from detergent damage of the olfactory epithelium, with both glomerular distribution and odorant-mediated behavior returning in 10 days.
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- E J White
- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5410, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5410, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5410, USA.
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Friedrich RW, Wiechert MT. Neuronal circuits and computations: pattern decorrelation in the olfactory bulb. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:2504-13. [PMID: 24911205 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.05.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Revised: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 05/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Neuronal circuits in the olfactory bulb transform odor-evoked activity patterns across the input channels, the olfactory glomeruli, into distributed activity patterns across the output neurons, the mitral cells. One computation associated with this transformation is a decorrelation of activity patterns representing similar odors. Such a decorrelation has various benefits for the classification and storage of information by associative networks in higher brain areas. Experimental results from adult zebrafish show that pattern decorrelation involves a redistribution of activity across the population of mitral cells. These observations imply that pattern decorrelation cannot be explained by a global scaling mechanism but that it depends on interactions between distinct subsets of neurons in the network. This article reviews insights into the network mechanism underlying pattern decorrelation and discusses recent results that link pattern decorrelation in the olfactory bulb to odor discrimination behavior.
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- Rainer W Friedrich
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, 4058 Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, 4003 Basel, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory for Perception and Memory, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris, France; CNRS UMR3571, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris, France
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Friedrich RW. Calcium imaging in the intact olfactory system of zebrafish and mouse. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2014; 2014:310-6. [PMID: 24591696 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot081166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Odors are first detected by olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) and evoke stimulus-specific patterns of activation across the input channels of the olfactory bulb (OB), the glomeruli. The output of the OB consists of spatiotemporal activity patterns across mitral/tufted cells that are conveyed to multiple pallial and subpallial target areas. In the main olfactory system of vertebrates, as well as in the olfactory system of insects, odor information is encoded by distributed patterns of activity across a large number of glomeruli or neurons. Ca(2+) imaging has therefore become an important approach used to analyse the encoding and processing of olfactory information by populations of glomeruli or neurons. Experiments in the intact olfactory system are important to maintain the integrity of the system, to analyse activity patterns evoked by natural odors, and to examine the influence of active sampling strategies, such as sniffing in mammals. This protocol focuses on how to visualize glomerular Ca(2+) signals after loading a dextran-coupled Ca(2+) indicator into OSNs. Separate procedures are described for zebrafish and mice.
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Jetti SK, Vendrell-Llopis N, Yaksi E. Spontaneous activity governs olfactory representations in spatially organized habenular microcircuits. Curr Biol 2014; 24:434-9. [PMID: 24508164 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2013] [Revised: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The medial habenula relays information from the sensory areas via the interpeduncular nucleus to the periaqueductal gray that regulates animal behavior under stress conditions. Ablation of the dorsal habenula (dHb) in zebrafish, which is equivalent to the mammalian medial habenula, was shown to perturb experience-dependent fear. Therefore, understanding dHb function is important for understanding the neural basis of fear. In zebrafish, the dHb receives inputs from the mitral cells (MCs) of the olfactory bulb (OB), and odors can trigger distinct behaviors (e.g., feeding, courtship, alarm). However, it is unclear how the dHb processes olfactory information and how these computations relate to behavior. In this study, we demonstrate that the odor responses in the dHb are asymmetric and spatially organized despite the unorganized OB inputs. Moreover, we show that the spontaneous dHb activity is not random but structured into functionally and spatially organized clusters of neurons, which reflects the favored states of the dHb network. These dHb clusters are also preserved during odor stimulation and govern olfactory responses. Finally, we show that functional dHb clusters overlap with genetically defined dHb neurons, which regulate experience-dependent fear. Thus, we propose that the dHb is composed of functionally, spatially, and genetically distinct microcircuits that regulate different behavioral programs.
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- Suresh Kumar Jetti
- NERF, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium,; KU Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- NERF, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium,; KU Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- NERF, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium,; KU Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; VIB, Kapeldreef 75, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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Zhu P, Frank T, Friedrich RW. Equalization of odor representations by a network of electrically coupled inhibitory interneurons. Nat Neurosci 2013; 16:1678-86. [PMID: 24077563 DOI: 10.1038/nn.3528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Robustness of neuronal activity patterns against variations in input intensity is critical for neuronal computations. We found that odor representations in the olfactory bulb were stabilized by interneurons that were densely coupled to the output neurons by electrical and GABAergic synapses. This interneuron network modulated responses of output neurons as a function of stimulus intensity in two ways: it globally boosted responses to weak odors, but attenuated responses to strong odors, and it increased the sensitivity of some output neurons, but decreased the sensitivity of others. These effects are closely related to strategies used in engineering to increase dynamic range. Together, they maintained not only the mean, but also the distribution, of activity across the population of output neurons within narrow limits, which is important for pattern classification. Neuronal circuits in the olfactory bulb therefore stabilize combinatorial sensory representations against variations in stimulus intensity by generic mechanisms.
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- Peixin Zhu
- 1] Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland. [2]
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Renninger SL, Orger MB. Two-photon imaging of neural population activity in zebrafish. Methods 2013; 62:255-67. [PMID: 23727462 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2013.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2013] [Revised: 05/21/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Rapidly developing imaging technologies including two-photon microscopy and genetically encoded calcium indicators have opened up new possibilities for recording neural population activity in awake, behaving animals. In the small, transparent zebrafish, it is even becoming possible to image the entire brain of a behaving animal with single-cell resolution, creating brain-wide functional maps. In this chapter, we comprehensively review past functional imaging studies in zebrafish, and the insights that they provide into the functional organization of neural circuits. We further offer a basic primer on state-of-the-art methods for in vivo calcium imaging in the zebrafish, including building a low-cost two-photon microscope and highlight possible challenges and technical considerations.
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- Sabine L Renninger
- Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Avenida Brasília, Doca de Pedrouços, Lisbon, Portugal
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The main olfactory system encodes information about molecules in a combinatorial fashion by distributed spatiotemporal activity patterns. As activity propagates from sensory neurons to the olfactory bulb and to higher brain areas, odor information is processed by multiple transformations of these activity patterns. This review discusses neuronal computations associated with such transformations in the olfactory system of zebrafish, a small vertebrate that offers advantages for the quantitative analysis and manipulation of neuronal activity in the intact brain. The review focuses on pattern decorrelation in the olfactory bulb and on the readout of multiplexed sensory representations in the telencephalic area Dp, the homolog of the olfactory cortex. These computations are difficult to study in larger species and may provide insights into general information-processing strategies in the brain.
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- Rainer W Friedrich
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland.
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Optical dissection of odor information processing in vivo using GCaMPs expressed in specified cell types of the olfactory bulb. J Neurosci 2013; 33:5285-300. [PMID: 23516293 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4824-12.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Understanding central processing requires precise monitoring of neural activity across populations of identified neurons in the intact brain. In the present study, we used recently optimized variants of the genetically encoded calcium sensor GCaMP (GCaMP3 and GCaMPG5G) to image activity among genetically and anatomically defined neuronal populations in the olfactory bulb (OB), including two types of GABAergic interneurons (periglomerular [PG] and short axon [SA] cells) and OB output neurons (mitral/tufted [MT] cells) projecting to the piriform cortex. We first established that changes in neuronal spiking can be related accurately to GCaMP fluorescence changes via a simple quantitative relationship over a large dynamic range. We next used in vivo two-photon imaging from individual neurons and epifluorescence signals reflecting population-level activity to investigate the spatiotemporal representation of odorants across these neuron types in anesthetized and awake mice. Under anesthesia, individual PG and SA cells showed temporally simple responses and little spontaneous activity, whereas MT cells were spontaneously active and showed diverse temporal responses. At the population level, response patterns of PG, SA, and MT cells were surprisingly similar to those imaged from sensory inputs, with shared odorant-specific topography across the dorsal OB and inhalation-coupled temporal dynamics. During wakefulness, PG and SA cell responses increased in magnitude but remained temporally simple, whereas those of MT cells changed to complex spatiotemporal patterns reflecting restricted excitation and widespread inhibition. These results suggest multiple circuit elements with distinct roles in transforming odor representations in the OB and provide a framework for further study of early olfactory processing using optical and genetic tools.
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Friedrich RW, Genoud C, Wanner AA. Analyzing the structure and function of neuronal circuits in zebrafish. Front Neural Circuits 2013; 7:71. [PMID: 23630467 PMCID: PMC3632777 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The clever choice of animal models has been instrumental for many breakthrough discoveries in life sciences. One of the outstanding challenges in neuroscience is the in-depth analysis of neuronal circuits to understand how interactions between large numbers of neurons give rise to the computational power of the brain. A promising model organism to address this challenge is the zebrafish, not only because it is cheap, transparent and accessible to sophisticated genetic manipulations but also because it offers unique advantages for quantitative analyses of circuit structure and function. One of the most important advantages of zebrafish is its small brain size, both at larval and adult stages. Small brains enable exhaustive measurements of neuronal activity patterns by optical imaging and facilitate large-scale reconstructions of wiring diagrams by electron microscopic approaches. Such information is important, and probably essential, to obtain mechanistic insights into neuronal computations underlying higher brain functions and dysfunctions. This review provides a brief overview over current methods and motivations for dense reconstructions of neuronal activity and connectivity patterns. It then discusses selective advantages of zebrafish and provides examples how these advantages are exploited to study neuronal computations in the olfactory bulb.
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Rodríguez FB, Huerta R, Aylwin MDLL. Neural sensitivity to odorants in deprived and normal olfactory bulbs. PLoS One 2013; 8:e60745. [PMID: 23580211 PMCID: PMC3620332 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 03/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Early olfactory deprivation in rodents is accompanied by an homeostatic regulation of the synaptic connectivity in the olfactory bulb (OB). However, its consequences in the neural sensitivity and discrimination have not been elucidated. We compared the odorant sensitivity and discrimination in early sensory deprived and normal OBs in anesthetized rats. We show that the deprived OB exhibits an increased sensitivity to different odorants when compared to the normal OB. Our results indicate that early olfactory stimulation enhances discriminability of the olfactory stimuli. We found that deprived olfactory bulbs adjusts the overall excitatory and inhibitory mitral cells (MCs) responses to odorants but the receptive fields become wider than in the normal olfactory bulbs. Taken together, these results suggest that an early natural sensory stimulation sharpens the receptor fields resulting in a larger discrimination capability. These results are consistent with previous evidence that a varied experience with odorants modulates the OB's synaptic connections and increases MCs selectivity.
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- Francisco B Rodríguez
- Grupo de Neurocomputación Biológica, Dpto. de Ingeniería Informática, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Optical dissection of odor information processing in vivo using GCaMPs expressed in specified cell types of the olfactory bulb. J Neurosci 2013. [PMID: 23516293 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4824‐12.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Understanding central processing requires precise monitoring of neural activity across populations of identified neurons in the intact brain. In the present study, we used recently optimized variants of the genetically encoded calcium sensor GCaMP (GCaMP3 and GCaMPG5G) to image activity among genetically and anatomically defined neuronal populations in the olfactory bulb (OB), including two types of GABAergic interneurons (periglomerular [PG] and short axon [SA] cells) and OB output neurons (mitral/tufted [MT] cells) projecting to the piriform cortex. We first established that changes in neuronal spiking can be related accurately to GCaMP fluorescence changes via a simple quantitative relationship over a large dynamic range. We next used in vivo two-photon imaging from individual neurons and epifluorescence signals reflecting population-level activity to investigate the spatiotemporal representation of odorants across these neuron types in anesthetized and awake mice. Under anesthesia, individual PG and SA cells showed temporally simple responses and little spontaneous activity, whereas MT cells were spontaneously active and showed diverse temporal responses. At the population level, response patterns of PG, SA, and MT cells were surprisingly similar to those imaged from sensory inputs, with shared odorant-specific topography across the dorsal OB and inhalation-coupled temporal dynamics. During wakefulness, PG and SA cell responses increased in magnitude but remained temporally simple, whereas those of MT cells changed to complex spatiotemporal patterns reflecting restricted excitation and widespread inhibition. These results suggest multiple circuit elements with distinct roles in transforming odor representations in the OB and provide a framework for further study of early olfactory processing using optical and genetic tools.
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Stewart AM, Kalueff AV. The developing utility of zebrafish models for cognitive enhancers research. Curr Neuropharmacol 2013; 10:263-71. [PMID: 23449968 PMCID: PMC3468880 DOI: 10.2174/157015912803217323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2012] [Revised: 06/22/2012] [Accepted: 07/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Whereas cognitive impairment is a common symptom in multiple brain disorders, predictive and high-throughput animal models of cognition and behavior are becoming increasingly important in the field of translational neuroscience research. In particular, reliable models of the cognitive deficits characteristic of numerous neurobehavioral disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia have become a significant focus of investigation. While rodents have traditionally been used to study cognitive phenotypes, zebrafish (Danio rerio) are gaining popularity as an excellent model to complement current translational neuroscience research. Here we discuss recent advances in pharmacological and genetic approaches using zebrafish models to study cognitive impairments and to discover novel cognitive enhancers and neuroprotective mechanisms.
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- Adam Michael Stewart
- Brain-Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 W. Taylor Ave., Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Miyasaka N, Wanner AA, Li J, Mack-Bucher J, Genoud C, Yoshihara Y, Friedrich RW. Functional development of the olfactory system in zebrafish. Mech Dev 2012; 130:336-46. [PMID: 23010553 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2012.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Revised: 09/05/2012] [Accepted: 09/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The olfactory system has become a popular model to study the function of neuronal circuits and the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the development of neurons and their connections. An excellent model to combine studies of function and development is the zebrafish because it not only permits sophisticated molecular and genetic analyses of development, but also functional measurements of neuronal activity patterns in the intact brain. This article reviews insights into the functional development of the olfactory system that have been obtained in zebrafish. The focus is on the specification of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs), the mechanisms controlling odorant receptor expression and OSN identity, the pathfinding of OSN axons towards target glomeruli in the olfactory bulb (OB), the development of glomeruli and functional topographic maps in the OB, and the development of inhibitory interneurons in the OB.
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- Nobuhiko Miyasaka
- Laboratory for Neurobiology of Synapse, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Dopaminergic modulation of mitral cells and odor responses in the zebrafish olfactory bulb. J Neurosci 2012; 32:6830-40. [PMID: 22593052 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.6026-11.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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In the olfactory bulb, the modulatory neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) is coexpressed with GABA by local interneurons, but its role in odor processing remains obscure. We examined functions of DA mediated by D₂-like receptors in the olfactory bulb of adult zebrafish by pharmacology, whole-cell recordings, calcium imaging, and optogenetics. Bath application of DA had no detectable effect on odorant-evoked sensory input. DA directly hyperpolarized mitral cells (MCs) via D₂-like receptors and slightly increased their response gain. Consistent with this effect on input-output functions of MCs, small odorant responses were suppressed, whereas strong responses were enhanced in the presence of DA. These effects increased the root-mean-square contrast of population activity patterns but did not reduce their correlations. Optical stimulation of interneurons expressing channelrhodopsin-2 evoked fast GABAergic inhibitory currents in mitral cells but failed to activate D₂ receptor-mediated currents when stimuli were short. Prolonged stimulus trains, however, activated a slow hyperpolarizing current that was blocked by an antagonist of D₂-like receptors. GABA and DA are therefore both released from interneurons by electrical activity and hyperpolarize MCs, but D₂-dependent dopaminergic effects occur on slower timescales. Additional effects of DA may be mediated by D₁-like receptors. These results indicate that DA acts on D₂-like receptors via asynchronous release and/or volume transmission and implicate DA in the slow adaptation of circuit function. The shift of the membrane potential away from spike threshold could adapt mitral cells to background input without compromising their sensitivity.
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Zhu P, Fajardo O, Shum J, Zhang Schärer YP, Friedrich RW. High-resolution optical control of spatiotemporal neuronal activity patterns in zebrafish using a digital micromirror device. Nat Protoc 2012; 7:1410-25. [DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chow SF, Wick SD, Riecke H. Neurogenesis drives stimulus decorrelation in a model of the olfactory bulb. PLoS Comput Biol 2012; 8:e1002398. [PMID: 22442645 PMCID: PMC3305347 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The reshaping and decorrelation of similar activity patterns by neuronal networks can enhance their discriminability, storage, and retrieval. How can such networks learn to decorrelate new complex patterns, as they arise in the olfactory system? Using a computational network model for the dominant neural populations of the olfactory bulb we show that fundamental aspects of the adult neurogenesis observed in the olfactory bulb--the persistent addition of new inhibitory granule cells to the network, their activity-dependent survival, and the reciprocal character of their synapses with the principal mitral cells--are sufficient to restructure the network and to alter its encoding of odor stimuli adaptively so as to reduce the correlations between the bulbar representations of similar stimuli. The decorrelation is quite robust with respect to various types of perturbations of the reciprocity. The model parsimoniously captures the experimentally observed role of neurogenesis in perceptual learning and the enhanced response of young granule cells to novel stimuli. Moreover, it makes specific predictions for the type of odor enrichment that should be effective in enhancing the ability of animals to discriminate similar odor mixtures.
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- Siu-Fai Chow
- Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Physics, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois, United States of America
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- Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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Russell JT. Imaging calcium signals in vivo: a powerful tool in physiology and pharmacology. Br J Pharmacol 2012; 163:1605-25. [PMID: 20718728 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00988.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The design and engineering of organic fluorescent Ca(2+) indicators approximately 30 years ago opened the door for imaging cellular Ca(2+) signals with a high degree of temporal and spatial resolution. Over this time, Ca(2+) imaging has revolutionized our approaches for tissue-level spatiotemporal analysis of functional organization and has matured into a powerful tool for in situ imaging of cellular activity in the living animal. In vivo Ca(2+) imaging with temporal resolution at the millisecond range and spatial resolution at micrometer range has been achieved through novel designs of Ca(2+) sensors, development of modern microscopes and powerful imaging techniques such as two-photon microscopy. Imaging Ca(2+) signals in ensembles of cells within tissue in 3D allows for analysis of integrated cellular function, which, in the case of the brain, enables recording activity patterns in local circuits. The recent development of miniaturized compact, fibre-optic-based, mechanically flexible microendoscopes capable of two-photon microscopy opens the door for imaging activity in awake, behaving animals. This development is poised to open a new chapter in physiological experiments and for pharmacological approaches in the development of novel therapies.
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- James T Russell
- Section on Cell Biology and Signal Transduction, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurophysiology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH, 49 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-4480, USA.
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Lastein S, Stabell OB, Larsen HK, Hamdani EH, Døving KB. Behaviour and neural responses in crucian carp to skin odours from cross-order species. BEHAVIOUR 2012. [DOI: 10.1163/1568539x-00003013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Many teleost species respond with fright reactions to olfactory cues from injured
skin of conspecifics, but they may also display responses to skin extracts of
heterospecific fish. In the present study, we exposed crucian carp to skin
extracts of conspecifics and three cross-order species of fish (brown trout,
pike, and perch). Behavioural experiments showed that conspecific skin extracts
induced fright reactions in crucian carp; extracts of brown trout induced such
behaviour less frequently, while extracts of perch and pike were poor inducers
of fright responses. The olfactory bulb is chemo-topically organized, and
different sub-sets of neurons respond to functionally related odorants that
mediate distinct behaviours. Accordingly, behavioural responses to an alarm
signal should be reflected by activation of the neurons mediating fright
reaction. Extracellular recordings from single units in the olfactory bulb
showed that the relay neurons activated by conspecific skin extracts were also
activated by extracts of brown trout, whereas extracts of perch and pike less
frequently activated these units. Thus, the difference in behavioural responses
matched the differences in the neural responses, indicating that skin extracts
of heterospecific fish are more likely to induce fright behaviour when the
responding sub-set of olfactory neurons is similar to the sub-set responding to
conspecific extracts. Our results suggest that responses to injured
heterospecific fish rely on chemical resemblance between odorants from
heterospecific and conspecific skin, and need not be based on any form of
associative learning.
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- Stine Lastein
- aProgram for Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1041, Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- bDepartment of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, Serviceboks 422, N-4604 Kristiansand, Norway
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- bDepartment of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, Serviceboks 422, N-4604 Kristiansand, Norway
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- aProgram for Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1041, Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
- cThe Biotechnology Centre of Oslo, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1125, N-0317 Oslo, Norway
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- aProgram for Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1041, Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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Simmich J, Staykov E, Scott E. Zebrafish as an appealing model for optogenetic studies. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2012; 196:145-62. [PMID: 22341325 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-59426-6.00008-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Optogenetics, the use of light-based protein tools, has begun to revolutionize biological research. The approach has proven especially useful in the nervous system, where light has been used both to detect and to manipulate activity in targeted neurons. Optogenetic tools have been deployed in systems ranging from cultured cells to primates, with each offering a particular combination of advantages and drawbacks. In this chapter, we provide an overview of optogenetics in zebrafish. Two of the greatest attributes of the zebrafish model system are external fertilization and transparency in early life stages. Combined, these allow researchers to observe the internal structures of developing zebrafish embryos and larvae without dissections or other interference. This transparency, combined with the animals' small size, simple husbandry, and similarity to mammals in many structures and processes, has made zebrafish a particularly popular model system in developmental biology. The easy optical access also dovetails with optogenetic tools, allowing their use in intact, developing, and behaving animals. This means that optogenetic studies in embryonic and larval zebrafish can be carried out in a high-throughput fashion with relatively simple equipment. As a consequence, zebrafish have been an important proving ground for optogenetic tools and approaches and have already yielded important new knowledge about the neural circuits underlying behavior. Here, we provide a general introduction to zebrafish as a model system for optogenetics. Through descriptions and analyses of important optogenetic studies that have been done in zebrafish, we highlight the advantages and liabilities that the system brings to optogenetic experiments.
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- Joshua Simmich
- School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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Kettunen P. Calcium imaging in the zebrafish. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 740:1039-71. [PMID: 22453983 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2888-2_48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has emerged as a new model system during the last three decades. The fact that the zebrafish larva is transparent enables sophisticated in vivo imaging. While being the vertebrate, the reduced complexity of its nervous system and small size make it possible to follow large-scale activity in the whole brain. Its genome is sequenced and many genetic and molecular tools have been developed that simplify the study of gene function. Since the mid 1990s, the embryonic development and neuronal function of the larval, and later, adult zebrafish have been studied using calcium imaging methods. The choice of calcium indicator depends on the desired number of cells to study and cell accessibility. Dextran indicators have been used to label cells in the developing embryo from dye injection into the one-cell stage. Dextrans have also been useful for retrograde labeling of spinal cord neurons and cells in the olfactory system. Acetoxymethyl (AM) esters permit labeling of larger areas of tissue such as the tectum, a region responsible for visual processing. Genetically encoded calcium indicators have been expressed in various tissues by the use of cell-specific promoters. These studies have contributed greatly to our understanding of basic biological principles during development and adulthood, and of the function of disease-related genes in a vertebrate system.
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- Petronella Kettunen
- Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Gayoso J, Castro A, Anadón R, Manso MJ. Crypt cells of the zebrafish Danio rerio mainly project to the dorsomedial glomerular field of the olfactory bulb. Chem Senses 2011; 37:357-69. [PMID: 22167271 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The olfactory mucosa of the zebrafish consists of 3 morphological types of olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs): ciliated, microvillous, and crypt cells. Previous studies in the zebrafish have revealed differential projections of ciliated and microvillous ORNs, which project to different glomerular fields. However, the bulbar targets of zebrafish crypt cells were not identified. Here, we analyze the relationship between crypt cells of the olfactory epithelium and dorsal glomerular fields of the zebrafish olfactory bulbs, as wells as the connections between these bulbar regions and forebrain regions. For this purpose, a lipophilic carbocyanine tracer (DiI) was used in fixed tissue. Application of DiI to the dorsomedial glomerular field mainly labeled crypt cells in the zebrafish olfactory epithelium. By contrast, application of DiI to the dorsolateral glomerular fields mainly labeled bipolar ORNs and only occasionally crypt cells. Bulbar efferent cells (mitral cells) contacting these dorsal glomerular fields project to different telencephalic areas, with the posterior zone of the dorsal telencephalic area (Dp) as the common target. However, dorsomedial and dorsolateral glomerular fields projected differentially to the ventral telencephalon, the former projecting to the ventrolateral supracommissural region. Retrograde labeling from the ventrolateral supracommissural region revealed mitral cells associated with 2 large glomeruli in the bulbar dorsomedial region, which putatively receives inputs from the crypt cells, indicating the existence of a crypt cell olfactory subsystem with separate projections, in the zebrafish. The comparative significance of the secondary olfactory pathways of zebrafish that convey information from crypt cells is discussed.
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- José Gayoso
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
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A central goal of modern neuroscience is to obtain a mechanistic understanding of higher brain functions under healthy and diseased conditions. Addressing this challenge requires rigorous experimental and theoretical analysis of neuronal circuits. Recent advances in optogenetics, high-resolution in vivo imaging, and reconstructions of synaptic wiring diagrams have created new opportunities to achieve this goal. To fully harness these methods, model organisms should allow for a combination of genetic and neurophysiological approaches in vivo. Moreover, the brain should be small in terms of neuron numbers and physical size. A promising vertebrate organism is the zebrafish because it is small, it is transparent at larval stages and it offers a wide range of genetic tools and advantages for neurophysiological approaches. Recent studies have highlighted the potential of zebrafish for exhaustive measurements of neuronal activity patterns, for manipulations of defined cell types in vivo and for studies of causal relationships between circuit function and behavior. In this article, we summarize background information on the zebrafish as a model in modern systems neuroscience and discuss recent results.
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- Rainer W Friedrich
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstr. 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland.
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The responses of neural elements in many sensory areas of the brain vary systematically with their physical position, leading to a topographic representation of the outside world. Sensory representation in the olfactory system has been harder to decipher, in part because it is difficult to find appropriate metrics to characterize odor space and to sample this space densely. Recent experiments have shown that the arrangement of glomeruli, the elementary units of processing, is relatively invariant across individuals in a species, yet it is flexible enough to accommodate new sensors that might be added. Evidence supports the existence of coarse spatial domains carved out on a genetic or functional basis, but a systematic organization of odor responses or neural circuits on a local scale is not evident. Experiments and theory that relate the properties of odorant receptors to the detailed wiring diagram of the downstream olfactory circuits and to behaviors they trigger may reveal the design principles that have emerged during evolution.
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- Venkatesh N Murthy
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
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Nasal chemosensory-stimulation evoked activity patterns in the rat trigeminal ganglion visualized by in vivo voltage-sensitive dye imaging. PLoS One 2011; 6:e26158. [PMID: 22039441 PMCID: PMC3198387 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2011] [Accepted: 09/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Mammalian nasal chemosensation is predominantly mediated by two independent neuronal pathways, the olfactory and the trigeminal system. Within the early olfactory system, spatiotemporal responses of the olfactory bulb to various odorants have been mapped in great detail. In contrast, far less is known about the representation of volatile chemical stimuli at an early stage in the trigeminal system, the trigeminal ganglion (TG), which contains neurons directly projecting to the nasal cavity. We have established an in vivo preparation that allows high-resolution imaging of neuronal population activity from a large region of the rat TG using voltage-sensitive dyes (VSDs). Application of different chemical stimuli to the nasal cavity elicited distinct, stimulus-category specific, spatiotemporal activation patterns that comprised activated as well as suppressed areas. Thus, our results provide the first direct insights into the spatial representation of nasal chemosensory information within the trigeminal ganglion imaged at high temporal resolution.
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Yanik MF, Rohde CB, Pardo-Martin C. Technologies for Micromanipulating, Imaging, and Phenotyping Small Invertebrates and Vertebrates. Annu Rev Biomed Eng 2011; 13:185-217. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071910-124703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Mehmet Fatih Yanik
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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- Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139;
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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Miklavc P, Valentinčič T. Chemotopy of amino acids on the olfactory bulb predicts olfactory discrimination capabilities of zebrafish Danio rerio. Chem Senses 2011; 37:65-75. [PMID: 21778519 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjr066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Amino acids reliably evoke strong responses in fish olfactory system. The molecular olfactory receptors (ORs) are located in the membrane of cilia and microvilli of the olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs). Axons of ORNs converge on specific olfactory bulb (OB) glomeruli and the neural responses of ORNs expressing single Ors activate glomerular activity patterns typical for each amino acid. Chemically similar amino acids activate more similar glomerular activity patterns then chemically different amino acids. Differential glomerular activity patterns are the structural basis for amino acid perception and discrimination. We studied olfactory discrimination in zebrafish Danio rerio (Hamilton 1822) by conditioning them to respond to each of the following amino acids: L-Ala, L-Val, L-Leu, L-Arg, and L-Phe. Subsequently, zebrafish were tested for food searching activities with 18 nonconditioned amino acids. The food searching activity during 90 s of the test period was significantly greater after stimulation with the conditioned stimulus than with the nonconditioned amino acid. Zebrafish were able to discriminate all the tested amino acids except L-Ile from L-Val and L-Phe from L-Tyr. We conclude that zebrafish have difficulties discriminating amino acid odorants that evoke highly similar chemotopic patterns of activity in the OB.
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- Pika Miklavc
- Institute of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein Allee 11, Ulm, D-89081, Germany
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Wyart C, Del Bene F. Let there be light: zebrafish neurobiology and the optogenetic revolution. Rev Neurosci 2011; 22:121-30. [PMID: 21615266 DOI: 10.1515/rns.2011.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Optogenetics has revolutionized the toolbox arsenal that neuroscientists now possess to investigate neuronal circuit function in intact and living animals. With a combination of light emitting 'sensors' and light activated 'actuators', we can monitor and control neuronal activity with minimal perturbation and unprecedented spatiotemporal resolution. Zebrafish neuronal circuits represent an ideal system to apply an optogenetic based analysis owing to its transparency, relatively small size and amenability to genetic manipulation. In this review, we describe some of the most recent advances in the development and applications of optogenetic sensors (i.e., genetically encoded calcium indicators and voltage sensors) and actuators (i.e., light activated ion channels and ion pumps). We focus mostly on the tools that have already been successfully applied in zebrafish and on those that show the greatest potential for the future. We also describe crucial technical aspects to implement optogenetics in zebrafish including strategies to drive a high level of transgene expression in defined neuronal populations, and recent optical advances that allow the precise spatiotemporal control of sample illumination.
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- Claire Wyart
- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle epiniere, Centre de Recherche, CHU Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France.
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Gayoso JÁ, Castro A, Anadón R, Manso MJ. Differential bulbar and extrabulbar projections of diverse olfactory receptor neuron populations in the adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). J Comp Neurol 2011; 519:247-76. [PMID: 21165974 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Immunohistochemical methods were used to characterize the expression of two calcium-binding proteins, calretinin (CR) and S100, in the olfactory rosette of the adult zebrafish. These proteins are expressed in different sets of sensory neurons, and together represent a large proportion of these cells. Double immunofluorescence for CR and Gα(olf) protein, and CR immunoelectron microscopy, indicated that most CR-immunoreactive (ir) cells were ciliary neurons. Differential S100- and CR-ir projections to glomerular fields of the olfactory bulb were also observed, although these projections overlap in some glomeruli. Application of the carbocyanine dye DiI to either S100-ir or CR-ir glomerular regions led to labeling of cells mostly similar to S100-ir and CR-ir neurons, respectively. Instead, these bulbar regions project to similar telencephalic targets. On the other hand, antibodies against keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH)-stained numerous sensory cells in the olfactory rosette, including cells that were CR- and S100-negative. This antiserum also stained most primary bulbar projections and revealed extrabulbar olfactory primary projections coursing to the ventral area of the telencephalon through the medial olfactory tract. This extrabulbar projection was confirmed by tract-tracing with DiI. A loose association of this extrabulbar primary olfactory projection and the catecholaminergic populations of the ventral area was also observed with double tyrosine hydroxylase/KLH-like immunohistochemistry. Comparison between KLH-like-ir pathways and the structures revealed by FMRFamide immunohistochemistry (a marker of terminal ganglion cells and fibers) indicated that the KLH-like-ir extrabulbar projection was different from the terminal nerve system. The significance of the extrabulbar olfactory projection of zebrafish is discussed.
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- José Ángel Gayoso
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of A Coruña, Coruña, Spain
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Palmer AE, Qin Y, Park JG, McCombs JE. Design and application of genetically encoded biosensors. Trends Biotechnol 2011; 29:144-52. [PMID: 21251723 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2010.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2010] [Revised: 12/03/2010] [Accepted: 12/11/2010] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In the past 5-10 years, the power of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) and its numerous derivatives has been harnessed toward the development of genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors. These sensors are incorporated into cells or organisms as plasmid DNA, which leads the transcriptional and translational machinery of the cell to express a functional sensor. To date, over 100 different genetically encoded biosensors have been developed for targets as diverse as ions, molecules and enzymes. Such sensors are instrumental in providing a window into the real-time biochemistry of living cells and whole organisms, and are providing unprecedented insight into the inner workings of a cell.
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- Amy E Palmer
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCB 215, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
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