Esta investigación fue apoyada por subvenciones de la Fundación Alemana de Investigación (DFG) a MCS (PARA 1581, el STU 544/1-1) y OG (PARA 1581, SFB 874). La página web de la DFG es http://www.dfg.de/en/index.jsp. Los financiadores no tenía papel en el diseño del estudio, recogida y análisis de datos, decisión a publicar, o la preparación de los autores manuscript.The agradecer a Thomas Seidenbecher para que nos proporciona el protocolo de sobrerregulación, así como Tobias Otto para obtener ayuda con la configuración del electrofisiológico equipo de grabación.

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Este protocolo describe una tarea conductual complejo adecuado para las grabaciones de una sola unidad concurrentes. Hemos descrito la tarea CFSE para las palomas, pero se puede adaptar fácilmente a los roedores al exigir asoma la nariz o de la palanca de pulsar en lugar de picotazos clave, y sustituyendo visual por olfativo, auditivo, o estímulos táctiles. Tal vez los pasos más críticos durante el procedimiento de formación son: 1) la reducción gradual de la recompensa probabilidad y...

El aprendizaje de nuevas asociaciones de estímulo-respuesta en los resultados se acopla a una amplia gama de procesos de plasticidad neural. Estos procesos se reflejan en última instancia, en la salida de pico cambiante de las neuronas individuales. Podría decirse que uno de los paradigmas de aprendizaje más frecuentemente empleado es el condicionamiento del miedo pavloviano realizado con roedores. En este contexto, la adquisición y la extinción de una respuesta condicionada se llevan a cabo dentro de unas pocas docenas de ensayos 2. El rápido desarrollo de miedo condicionado puede ser ventajosa debido a que permite la ejecución de un gran número de animales dentro de un corto período de tiempo. Asimismo, la adquisición y la extinción se pueden observar dentro de unas pocas decenas de ensayos en un solo día en los animales ingenuos 3,4 o repartidos en 2 a 3 días 2,5-8. Sin embargo, los conocimientos adquiridos acerca de los cambios de la actividad neuronal durante el aprendizaje en estos experimentos no se aplican necesariamente fuera del dominio de condicionamiento del miedo. Por ejemplo, el comportamiento dirigido a un objetivo impulsado por la posiciónrefuerzo tiva se modela de forma más adecuada por operante en lugar de procedimientos de condicionamiento pavloviano, y puede, en parte, dependerá de diferentes sustratos neurales 9,10. Además, el condicionamiento del miedo se desarrolla tan rápidamente que las respuestas neuronales a la CS sólo pueden ser observados por unas pocas docenas de ensayos, poner límites severos sobre el análisis de los cambios de la actividad neuronal durante el aprendizaje. Por desgracia, la adquisición y la extinción de la respuesta operante suele tardar varios días. Esto es perjudicial para las investigaciones neurofisiológicas, porque es muy difícil de registrar la actividad de las células individuales durante más de unas pocas horas. Debido a la gran similitud de las formas de onda de los potenciales de acción registrados extracelularmente, es problemático afirmar que los picos registrados en un solo día se generan a partir de la misma célula que los picos con formas de onda similares registrados en la siguiente 11,12, especialmente en áreas con un alto densidad celular tales como el hipocampo. <p class=&quot;Jove_content&quot;&gt; Para abordar estas cuestiones, hemos desarrollado un nuevo paradigma de comportamiento utilizando 3 las condiciones de aprendizaje dentro de una sesión experimental en un solo día. Esto requiere que el animal experimental está dispuesto a realizar cientos de ensayos bajo condiciones variables en un horario delgada de refuerzo. Las palomas mensajeras (Columbia livia forma domestica) son organismos modelo clásico en la psicología experimental 13-17. Estas aves son capaces de realizar discriminaciones visuales complejas 18, puede adaptarse de forma flexible a los cambios de comportamiento de las contingencias de refuerzo 19,20, y son los trabajadores de forma única ávidos, la realización de ensayos de 1000 con una cantidad mínima de refuerzo. Estas características los hacen especialmente adecuado para los experimentos descritos a continuación.

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recording single neurons' action potentials from freely moving pigeons across three stages of learning

Mientras que el tema de la educación ha atraído un enorme interés de los científicos, tanto de comportamiento y neuronales, relativamente pocos investigadores han observado la actividad de una sola neurona mientras que los animales están adquiriendo una respuesta operantemente acondicionado, o cuando se extingue esa respuesta. Pero incluso en estos casos, los períodos de observación por lo general abarcan sólo una única etapa de aprendizaje, es decir, la adquisición o la extinción, pero no ambos (las excepciones incluyen los protocolos que emplean el aprendizaje reversión; ver Bingman et al 1 para un ejemplo.). Sin embargo, la adquisición y la extinción implican diferentes mecanismos de aprendizaje y por lo tanto se espera que estén acompañados de diferentes tipos y / o loci de la plasticidad neuronal. En consecuencia, hemos desarrollado un paradigma de comportamiento que instituye tres etapas de aprendizaje en una sola sesión de comportamiento y que es muy adecuado para el registro simultáneo de los potenciales de acción de las neuronas individuales. Animales de unre entrenados en una tarea de elección forzada intervalo único que requiere el mapeo de cada uno de dos posibles respuestas de opción a la presentación de diferentes estímulos visuales nuevos (adquisición). Después de haber alcanzado un criterio de rendimiento predefinido, una de las dos respuestas de opción ya no está reforzada (extinción). Después de una cierta disminución en el nivel de rendimiento, las respuestas correctas se refuerzan de nuevo (readquisición). Mediante el uso de un nuevo conjunto de estímulos en cada sesión, los animales pueden experimentar el proceso de adquisición-extinción-readquisición repetidamente. Debido a las tres etapas de aprendizaje ocurren en una sola sesión de comportamiento, el paradigma es ideal para la observación simultánea de la salida de clavar de múltiples neuronas individuales. Utilizamos las palomas como sistemas modelo, pero la tarea se puede adaptar fácilmente a cualquier otra especie capaz de aprendizaje discriminativo acondicionado.

Comportamiento Figura 4A muestra el rendimiento de comportamiento de un animal en una sesión de ejemplo. El nivel de rendimiento del animal alcanza criterio para NS 2 dentro de los 180 ensayos (45 presentaciones de estímulo) y está cerca del 100% para el NS 1 desde el principio. Esta estrategia - primera respuesta a la misma clave tanto para los nuevos estímulos, y luego ajustando respuestas para uno de los estímulos - es lo más a menudo observado como inicial aleatoria r...

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El aprendizaje de nuevas asociaciones de estímulo-respuesta se acopla a una amplia gama de procesos neuronales que se reflejan en última instancia en el cambio de pico de salida de las neuronas individuales. Aquí se describe un protocolo de comportamiento que permite el registro continuo de la actividad de una sola neurona mientras que los animales adquieren, extinguen y readquirir una respuesta condicionada en una sola sesión experimental.

Grabación Potenciales de Acción Individual Neuronas &quot;de que se mueven libremente Palomas en sus Tres Etapas del Aprendizaje

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Video: Recording Single Neurons' Action Potentials from Freely Moving Pigeons Across Three Stages of Learning

Retrograde Fluorescent Labeling Allows for Targeted Extracellular Single-unit Recording from Identified Neurons In vivo

The overall goal of this method is to record single-unit responses from an identified population of neurons. In vivo electrophysiological recordings from individual neurons are critical for understanding how neural circuits function under natural conditions. Traditionally, these recordings have been performed 'blind', meaning the identity of the recorded cell is unknown at the start of the recording. Cellular identity can be subsequently determined via intracellular1, juxtacellular2 or loose-patch3 iontophoresis of dye, but these recordings cannot be pre-targeted to specific neurons in regions with functionally heterogeneous cell types. Fluorescent proteins can be expressed in a cell-type specific manner permitting visually-guided single-cell electrophysiology4-6. However, there are many model systems for which these genetic tools are not available. Even in genetically accessible model systems, the desired promoter may be unknown or genetically homogenous neurons may have varying projection patterns. Similarly, viral vectors have been used to label specific subgroups of projection neurons7, but use of this method is limited by toxicity and lack of trans-synaptic specificity. Thus, additional techniques that offer specific pre-visualization to record from identified single neurons in vivo are needed. Pre-visualization of the target neuron is particularly useful for challenging recording conditions, for which classical single-cell recordings are often prohibitively difficult8-11. The novel technique described in this paper uses retrograde transport of a fluorescent dye applied using tungsten needles to rapidly and selectively label a specific subset of cells within a particular brain region based on their unique axonal projections, thereby providing a visual cue to obtain targeted electrophysiological recordings from identified neurons in an intact circuit within a vertebrate CNS.
The most significant novel advancement of our method is the use of fluorescent labeling to target specific cell types in a non-genetically accessible model system. Weakly electric fish are an excellent model system for studying neural circuits in awake, behaving animals12. We utilized this technique to study sensory processing by "small cells" in the anterior exterolateral nucleus (ELa) of weakly electric mormyrid fish. "Small cells" are hypothesized to be time comparator neurons important for detecting submillisecond differences in the arrival times of presynaptic spikes13. However, anatomical features such as dense myelin, engulfing synapses, and small cell bodies have made it extremely difficult to record from these cells using traditional methods11, 14. Here we demonstrate that our novel method selectively labels these cells in 28% of preparations, allowing for reliable, robust recordings and characterization of responses to electrosensory stimulation.

Retrograde Fluorescent Labeling Allows for Targeted Extracellular Single-unit Recording from Identified Neurons In vivo

Retrograde transport of fluorescent dye labels a sub-population of neurons based on anatomical projection. Labeled axons can be visually targeted in vivo, permitting extracellular recording from identified axons. This technique facilitates recording when neurons cannot be labeled through genetic manipulation or are difficult to isolate using 'blind' in vivo approaches.

Marcaje fluorescente retrógrada Permite dirigida extracelular sola unidad de grabación de neuronas identificadas<em&gt; En vivo</em

The overall goal of this method is to record single-unit responses from an identified population of neurons. In vivo electrophysiological recordings from ...

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Optical Recording of Suprathreshold Neural Activity with Single-cell and Single-spike Resolution

Signaling of information in the vertebrate central nervous system is often carried by populations of neurons rather than individual neurons. Also propagation of suprathreshold spiking activity involves populations of neurons. Empirical studies addressing cortical function directly thus require recordings from populations of neurons with high resolution. Here we describe an optical method and a deconvolution algorithm to record neural activity from up to 100 neurons with single-cell and single-spike resolution. This method relies on detection of the transient increases in intracellular somatic calcium concentration associated with suprathreshold electrical spikes (action potentials) in cortical neurons. High temporal resolution of the optical recordings is achieved by a fast random-access scanning technique using acousto-optical deflectors (AODs)1. Two-photon excitation of the calcium-sensitive dye results in high spatial resolution in opaque brain tissue2. Reconstruction of spikes from the fluorescence calcium recordings is achieved by a maximum-likelihood method. Simultaneous electrophysiological and optical recordings indicate that our method reliably detects spikes (&gt;97% spike detection efficiency), has a low rate of false positive spike detection (&lt; 0.003 spikes/sec), and a high temporal precision (about 3 msec) 3. This optical method of spike detection can be used to record neural activity in vitro and in anesthetized animals in vivo3,4.

Understanding the function of the vertebrate central nervous system requires recordings from many neurons because cortical function arises on the level of populations of neurons. Here we describe an optical method to record suprathreshold neural activity with single-cell and single-spike resolution, dithered random-access scanning. This method records somatic fluorescence calcium signals from up to 100 neurons with high temporal resolution. A maximum-likelihood algorithm deconvolves the underlying suprathreshold neural activity from the somatic fluorescence calcium signals. This method reliably detects spikes with high detection efficiency and a low rate of false positives and can be used to study neural populations in vitro and in vivo.

Grabación óptica de la actividad neural suprathreshold con la resolución de una sola célula y único punta-

Signaling of information in the vertebrate central nervous system is often carried by populations of neurons rather than individual neurons. Also ...

Simultaneous Recording of Electroretinography and Visual Evoked Potentials in Anesthetized Rats

The electroretinogram (ERG) and visual evoked potential (VEP) are commonly used to assess the integrity of the visual pathway. The ERG measures the electrical responses of the retina to light stimulation, while the VEP measures the corresponding functional integrity of the visual pathways from the retina to the primary visual cortex following the same light event. The ERG waveform can be broken down into components that reflect responses from different retinal neuronal and glial cell classes. The early components of the VEP waveform represent the integrity of the optic nerve and higher cortical centers. These recordings can be conducted in isolation or together, depending on the application. The methodology described in this paper allows simultaneous assessment of retinal and cortical visual evoked electrophysiology from both eyes and both hemispheres. This is a useful way to more comprehensively assess retinal function and the upstream effects that changes in retinal function can have on visual evoked cortical function.

This protocol describes simultaneous measurement of electroretinogram and visual evoked potentials in anesthetized rats.

Grabación simultánea de Electrorretinografía y los potenciales evocados visuales en ratas anestesiadas

The electroretinogram (ERG) and visual evoked potential (VEP) are commonly used to assess the integrity of the visual pathway. The ERG measures the ...

Recording EEG in Freely Moving Neonatal Rats Using a Novel Method

EEG is a useful method to detect electrical activity in the brain. Moreover, it is a widely used diagnostic tool for various neurological conditions, such as epilepsy and neurodegenerative disorders. However, it is technically difficult to obtain EEG recordings in neonates as it requires specialized handling and great care. Here, we present a novel method to record EEG in neonatal rat pups (P8-P15). We designed a simple and reliable electrode using computer pin loci; it can be easily implanted into the skull of a rat pup to record high-quality EEG signals in the normal and epileptic brain. Pups were given an intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of the neurotoxin kainic acid (KA) to induce epileptic seizures. The surgical implantation performed in this procedure is less expensive than other EEG procedures for neonates. This method allows one to record high-quality and stable EEG signals for more than 1 week. Furthermore, this procedure can also be applied to adult rats and mice to study epilepsy or other neurological disorders.

Here, we introduce a novel technique designed to record electroencephalography (EEG) in freely moving neonatal epileptic pups and describe its procedures, features, and applications. This method allows one to record EEG for more than 1 week.

Grabación de EEG en Ratas Neonatales que se mueven libremente usando un método nuevo

EEG is a useful method to detect electrical activity in the brain. Moreover, it is a widely used diagnostic tool for various neurological conditions, such ...

Simultaneous Recordings of Cortical Local Field Potentials, Electrocardiogram, Electromyogram, and Breathing Rhythm from a Freely Moving Rat

Monitoring the physiological dynamics of the brain and peripheral tissues is necessary for addressing a number of questions about how the brain controls body functions and internal organ rhythms when animals are exposed to emotional challenges and changes in their living environments. In general experiments, signals from different organs, such as the brain and the heart, are recorded by independent recording systems that require multiple recording devices and different procedures for processing the data files. This study describes a new method that can simultaneously monitor electrical biosignals, including tens of local field potentials in multiple brain regions, electrocardiograms that represent the cardiac rhythm, electromyograms that represent awake/sleep-related muscle contraction, and breathing signals, in a freely moving rat. The recording configuration of this method is based on a conventional micro-drive array for cortical local field potential recordings in which tens of electrodes are accommodated, and the signals obtained from these electrodes are integrated into a single electrical board mounted on the animal's head. Here, this recording system was improved so that signals from the peripheral organs are also transferred to an electrical interface board. In a single surgery, electrodes are first separately implanted into the appropriate body parts and the target brain areas. The open ends of all of these electrodes are then soldered to individual channels of the electrical board above the animal's head so that all of the signals can be integrated into the single electrical board. Connecting this board to a recording device allows for the collection of all of the signals into a single device, which reduces experimental costs and simplifies data processing, because all data can be handled in the same data file. This technique will aid the understanding of the neurophysiological correlates of the associations between central and peripheral organs.

This study introduces a method for the simultaneous recording of local field potentials in the brain, electrocardiograms, electromyograms, and breathing signals of a freely moving rat. This technique, which reduces experimental costs and simplifies data analysis, will contribute to the understanding of the interactions between the brain and peripheral organs.

Grabaciones simultáneas de potenciales de campo Local Cortical, Electrocardiograma, electromiograma y respirar a ritmo de una rata libremente móvil

Monitoring the physiological dynamics of the brain and peripheral tissues is necessary for addressing a number of questions about how the brain controls ...

Noninvasive EEG Recordings from Freely Moving Piglets

The method allows the recording of high-quality electroencephalograms (EEGs) from freely moving piglets directly in the pigpen. We use a one-channel telemetric electroencephalography system in combination with standard self-adhesive hydrogel electrodes. The piglets are calmed down without the use of sedatives. After their release into the pigpen, the piglets behave normally&#8212;they drink and sleep in the same cycle as their siblings. Their sleep phases are used for the EEG recordings.

Here, we present a protocol to record telemetric electroencephalograms (EEGs) from freely moving piglets directly in the pigpen without the use of a sedative, making it possible to record typical EEG patterns during non-REM sleep, like spindle bursts.

Grabaciones de EEG no invasivo se mueva libremente lechones

The method allows the recording of high-quality electroencephalograms (EEGs) from freely moving piglets directly in the pigpen. We use a one-channel ...

Microdialysis of Excitatory Amino Acids During EEG Recordings in Freely Moving Rats

Microdialysis is a well-established neuroscience technique that correlates the changes of neurologically active substances diffusing into the brain interstitial space with the behavior and/or with the specific outcome of a pathology (e.g., seizures for epilepsy). When studying epilepsy, the microdialysis technique is often combined with short-term or even long-term video-electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring to assess spontaneous seizure frequency, severity, progression and clustering. The combined microdialysis-EEG is based on the use of several methods and instruments. Here, we performed in vivo microdialysis and continuous video-EEG recording to monitor glutamate and aspartate outflow over time, in different phases of the natural history of epilepsy in a rat model. This combined approach allows the pairing of changes in the neurotransmitter release with specific stages of the disease development and progression. The amino acid concentration in the dialysate was determined by liquid chromatography. Here, we describe the methods and outline the principal precautionary measures one should take during in vivo microdialysis-EEG, with particular attention to the stereotaxic surgery, basal and high potassium stimulation during microdialysis, depth electrode EEG recording and high-performance liquid chromatography analysis of aspartate and glutamate in the dialysate. This approach may be adapted to test a variety of drug or disease induced changes of the physiological concentrations of aspartate and glutamate in the brain. Depending on the availability of an appropriate analytical assay, it may be further used to test different soluble molecules when employing EEG recording at the same time.

Here, we describe a method for in vivo microdialysis to analyze aspartate and glutamate release in the ventral hippocampus of epileptic and non-epileptic rats, in combination with EEG recordings. Extracellular concentrations of aspartate and glutamate may be correlated with the different phases of the disease.

Microdiálisis de aminoácidos excitatorios durante las grabaciones de EEG en mover libremente las ratas

Microdialysis is a well-established neuroscience technique that correlates the changes of neurologically active substances diffusing into the brain ...

Hybrid Microdrive System with Recoverable Opto-Silicon Probe and Tetrode for Dual-Site High Density Recording in Freely Moving Mice

Multi-regional neural recordings can provide crucial information to understanding fine-timescale interactions between multiple brain regions. However, conventional microdrive designs often only allow use of one type of electrode to record from single or multiple regions, limiting the yield of single-unit or depth profile recordings. It also often limits the ability to combine electrode recordings with optogenetic tools to target pathway and/or cell type specific activity. Presented here is a hybrid microdrive array for freely moving mice to optimize yield and a description of its fabrication and reuse of the microdrive array. The current design employs nine tetrodes and one opto-silicon probe implanted in two different brain areas simultaneously in freely moving mice. The tetrodes and the opto-silicon probe are independently adjustable along the dorsoventral axis in the brain to maximize the yield of unit and oscillatory activities. This microdrive array also incorporates a set-up for light, mediating optogenetic manipulation to investigate the regional- or cell type-specific responses and functions of long-range neural circuits. In addition, the opto-silicon probe can be safely recovered and reused after each experiment. Because the microdrive array consists of 3D-printed parts, the design of microdrives can be easily modified to accommodate various settings. First described is the design of the microdrive array and how to attach the optical fiber to a silicon probe for optogenetics experiments, followed by fabrication of the tetrode bundle and implantation of the array into a mouse brain. The recording of local field potentials and unit spiking combined with optogenetic stimulation also demonstrate feasibility of the microdrive array system in freely moving mice.

This protocol describes the construction of a hybrid microdrive array that allows implantation of nine independently adjustable tetrodes and one adjustable opto-silicon probe in two brain regions in freely moving mice. Also demonstrated is a method for safely recovering and reusing the opto-silicon probe for multiple purposes.

Sistema microdrive híbrido con sonda de optosilicio recuperable y tetroda para grabación de alta densidad de doble sitio en ratones en movimiento libre

Multi-regional neural recordings can provide crucial information to understanding fine-timescale interactions between multiple brain regions. However, ...

Multi-Fiber Photometry to Record Neural Activity in Freely-Moving Animals

Recording the activity of a group of neurons in a freely-moving animal is a challenging undertaking. Moreover, as the brain is dissected into smaller and smaller functional subgroups, it becomes paramount to record from projections and/or genetically-defined subpopulations of neurons. Fiber photometry is an accessible and powerful approach that can overcome these challenges. By combining optical and genetic methodologies, neural activity can be measured in deep brain structures by expressing genetically-encoded calcium indicators, which translate neural activity into an optical signal that can be easily measured. The current protocol details the components of a multi-fiber photometry system, how to access deep brain structures to deliver and collect light, a method to account for motion artifacts, and how to process and analyze fluorescent signals. The protocol details experimental considerations when performing single and dual color imaging, from either single or multiple implanted optic fibers.

This protocol details how to implement and perform multi-fiber photometry recordings, how to correct for calcium-independent artifacts, and important considerations for dual-color photometry imaging.

Fotometría multifibra para registrar la actividad neuronal en animales en movimiento libre

Recording the activity of a group of neurons in a freely-moving animal is a challenging undertaking. Moreover, as the brain is dissected into smaller and ...

Wireless Electrophysiological Recording of Neurons by Movable Tetrodes in Freely Swimming Fish

The neural mechanisms governing fish behavior remain mostly unknown, although fish constitute the majority of all vertebrates. The ability to record brain activity from freely moving fish would advance research on the neural basis of fish behavior considerably. Moreover, precise control of the recording location in the brain is critical to studying coordinated neural activity across regions in fish brain. Here, we present a technique that records wirelessly from the brain of freely swimming fish while controlling for the depth of the recording location. The system is based on a neural logger associated with a novel water-compatible implant that can adjust the recording location by microdrive-controlled tetrodes. The capabilities of the system are illustrated through recordings from the telencephalon of goldfish.

A novel wireless technique for recording extracellular neural signals from the brain of freely swimming goldfish is presented. The recording device is composed of two tetrodes, a microdrive, a neural data logger, and a waterproof case. All parts are custom-made except for the data logger and its connector.

Grabación electrofisiológica inalámbrica de las neuronas por tetrodes móviles en la natación libre de peces

The neural mechanisms governing fish behavior remain mostly unknown, although fish constitute the majority of all vertebrates. The ability to record brain ...