Nous remercions le Fonds de la vie, Université de l&#39;Oklahoma Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, et le département de zoologie du financement de ce travail. Nous remercions également le Dr Hoefnagels Mariëlle de l&#39;aide éditoriale.

1. Pré-enregistrement, la préparation des animaux vivants <ol><li> Retirez le scorpion de son pot d&#39;origine et le placer dans un récipient en verre pré-réfrigérés; Ensuite, placez le pot contenant le scorpion dans un environnement de congélation (-5 ° C) pendant un minimum de deux minutes. Ce temps peut varier en fonction de l&#39;âge, la taille, espèces, etc spécifiques de l&#39;scorpion sous étude. Mais généralement, la phase de l&#39;environnement de congélation est terminée une fois que l&#39;animal est immobile. </li><li> Après deux minutes, retirez le immobilisé scorpions du récipient en verre à froid, et placez-le face ventrale sur une lame de microscope. Fixez le dard, la queue, les pattes et pédipalpes avec de l&#39;argile malléable (à base d&#39;huile, Van Aken Plastalina). </li><li> Faire une plate-forme sur laquelle mettre pectines du scorpion. Ajuster la longueur de la plate-forme et la largeur en fonction de la taille du pecten. Typiquement, nos plates-formes sont construites à partir de couvercle en verre de microscope et sont environ 10 (L) x 18 (W) mm. </li><li> Adhérer ruban adhésif double-face à la plateforme pecten, parage de la bande (si nécessaire) pour s&#39;adapter. </li><li> Pour faire une chambre pectinal, mettez trois des quatre côtés de la plateforme en pré-fondu de cire (nous utilisons des puces de cire d&#39;abeille 100%) à une profondeur de 3-4 mm. Nous fondre la cire en plaçant les jetons dans un plat en verre de Pétri, situé sur une plaque chauffante. Une fois la cire sur les bords de la chambre de pectinal est refroidi à température ambiante, ce qui devrait créer des murs de la cire d&#39;environ 1 mm de haut. </li><li> Sur l&#39;animal, repérer le point d&#39;insertion pectinal, et placez le bord non ciré de la plateforme (bandes latérales-up) juste derrière elle. Par la suite, de stabiliser la plate-forme (afin qu&#39;elle ne bouge pas plus tard) en appuyant doucement sur sa droite et à gauche contre les bords périphériques de l&#39;argile utilisée pour empêcher les jambes de l&#39;animal. </li><li> Utilisez une pince à pointe fine pour placer soigneusement le pecten ou pectines intérieur de la chambre. Plus précisément, en utilisant une pince, tenez le pecten long de la colonne pectinal, et ramenez doucement le pecten de dessous le couvercle en verre et abaissez-le sur le plancher de la nacelle adhésif. Établir un lien pecten-à-bande en appliquant soigneusement la pression de la colonne vertébrale pectinal. </li><li> Maintenant, appliquez la cire fondue (nous utilisons une spatule métallique préalablement chauffé) au bord de l&#39;ONU-ciré de la plateforme. Le but est double, pour sécuriser le pecten et à entourer complètement la chambre pour l&#39;introduction d&#39;huile minérale à venir. Faites preuve de prudence lors de l&#39;application de la cire sur pecten de l&#39;animal, car il est possible d&#39;endommager le pecten avec de la cire trop chaude. </li><li> La construction de chambre pecten est terminée. Ensuite, établir une connexion avec électrode indifférente hémolymphe de l&#39;animal par l&#39;insertion d&#39;un fil d&#39;argent entre deux segments de la queue. </li></ol> 2. Simultanée d&#39;enregistrement extracellulaire et chimiques de stimulation <ol><li> Nous préparons l&#39;animal 24 h avant de mener extracellulaire, pointe-enregistrements, qui, entre autres raisons (l&#39;ajustement des animaux à savoir la position fixe), permet le temps de fabriquer sur les pipettes d&#39;un stimulant spécifique (sensillum-dépendant) pointe diamètre. Nous utilisons un extracteur micropipette pour réaliser de telles spécifications. Idéalement, le diamètre de la pipette est ≈ 2 um plus grand que le diamètre des pores sensillar. Nous ajustons nos spécifications micropipette conséquence pour chaque animal. </li><li> 1 h avant l&#39;enregistrement, nous ajoutons 5 ul d&#39;huile minérale dans la chambre de pectinal, submergeant le pecten dans l&#39;huile. Ensuite, nous avons la position de l&#39;animal sous un microscope très puissant, qui a longtemps travaille objectifs de distance et épi-illumination. </li><li> Pour stimuler chimiquement peg sensilles, nous introduisons sapides aqueuse (c&#39;est à dire l&#39;acide citrique et de sel) par le moyen du pétrole. Tout d&#39;abord, nous utilisons une charge micropipette pour injecter le stimulant dans la pipette stimulant. Remarque: toutes les solutions doivent contenir des stimulants de l&#39;électrolyte pour la conductance électrique. </li><li> Ensuite, après le positionnement de la pipette stimulant sur un micromanipulateur (dans le banc d&#39;enregistrement), insérez l&#39;électrode d&#39;enregistrement dans le émoussé, extrémité ouverte de la pipette stimulant. Il est important pour assurer le contact entre l&#39;électrode métallique et une solution électrolytique stimulants. </li><li> Une fois la préparation est électriquement à la terre (via l&#39;électrode indifférente), tout simplement inférieure de la pipette à travers le milieu du pétrole et sur un pore sensillar. La durée de la stimulation chimique par sensillum pectinal peut varier d&#39;autant que trente minutes pour aussi peu que d&#39;une seconde. Généralement, nous pouvons l&#39;échantillon chevilles multiples (&gt; 30) par pipette. Dans le cas où la pipette stimulants devient obstrué par des débris minute, il suffit d&#39;échanger la pipette bouchée d&#39;une nouvelle pipette inutilisés. </li></ol> 3. Préparation d&#39;un animal pendant plusieurs jours d&#39;expérimentation <ol><li> Si l&#39;animal est à utiliser sur une période prolongée, nous recommandons de réutiliser la chambre pectinal et le remplacement du goutte d&#39;huile minérale pour chaque session d&#39;enregistrement. Après la session d&#39;enregistrement d&#39;un jour donné est complet, enlever l&#39;animal de l&#39;enregistrement mis en place et effectuer un lavage de l&#39;huile minérale. </li><li> Specifically, ajouter une autre goutte (5 pi) de l&#39;huile minérale dans la chambre, et enlever toute l&#39;huile. Cela permet de minimiser la présence de stimulants résiduelle, qui peut avoir filtré de la pipette lors de la session d&#39;enregistrement. </li><li> Avant la prochaine session, ajouter une goutte d&#39;huile comme décrit précédemment. </li></ol> 4. Les résultats représentatifs: Selon le matériel d&#39;enregistrement utilisé (par exemple l&#39;amplificateur particulier, la numérisation du matériel, etc), un résultat représentatif est un enregistrement extracellulaire avec un grand S: N ratio d&#39;au moins 3:1. La construction réussie de la chambre de l&#39;huile minérale est nécessaire pour isoler la stimulation chimique de sensilles individu, car il fournit un moyen d&#39;offrir sapides chimiques polaires (à base d&#39;eau) 8. S&#39;il ya trop peu d&#39;huile ou pas du tout, la solution stimulants se propage à partir du sensillum enregistrées à son sensilles voisins, ce qui est susceptible de provoquer une période prolongée, Bout incontrôlée de stimulation chimique 8.

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Nous avons déjà publié ces méthodes dans deux revues, Knowlton et Gaffin (2009) et Knowlton et Gaffin (sous presse).

Le protocole ci-dessus décrit comment préparer un désert prairies scorpion (Paruroctonus utahensis) pour l&#39;étude électrophysiologique. Plus précisément, nous montrons comment construire une chambre pour contrôler extracellulaire pointe des enregistrements de neurones pectinal chimiosensoriels dans l&#39;huile. Parce que l&#39;huile et l&#39;eau ne se mélangent pas, il est possible d&#39;isoler la stimulation chimique (à base d&#39;eau stimulants) pour sensilles unique. Il convient de souligner que P. utahensis, est un animal relativement petit (≈ 2,5-5 cm de) et en appliquant ce protocole pour les grands animaux peut nécessiter des ajustements de taille beaucoup, tels que la taille de la plate-forme de l&#39;animal, de chambre, et la quantité d&#39;huile appliquée. Nous recommandons la réalisation d&#39;études pilotes pour tester la quantité minimale d&#39;huile nécessaire pour la livraison contrôlée de stimulants chimiques à base d&#39;eau. Par ailleurs, nous n&#39;avons trouvé aucun effet de l&#39;huile sur l&#39;activité neuronale au sein de base pectinal sensilles 8. Cela devrait être confirmé pour les systèmes d&#39;autres modèles ainsi, avant d&#39;évaluer chemoresponsiveness. Cette méthode peut être utilisée en conjonction avec une autre méthode pour tester les effets d&#39;interaction entre chemoresponse sensilles dans le domaine sensoriel. Par exemple, il est possible de la pointe-record (dans l&#39;huile) d&#39;un sensillum que nous basons-enregistrer (via une électrode de tungstène) à partir d&#39;un sensillum voisins 9. Une telle configuration de l&#39;enregistrement peut être utilisé pour évaluer si oui ou non chimiquement stimulant une sensillum affecte l&#39;activité neuronale de l&#39;sensillum base enregistré. À ce jour, personne n&#39;a testé cela pour scorpion pectinal sensilles, et il reste une question ouverte pour d&#39;autres systèmes chimiosensoriels ainsi. Pour résumer, nous pensons que la méthode de la pointe-enregistrement sous les avances du pétrole de la portée des enquêtes électrophysiologiques dans les bases neurales de la gustation arthropodes. Dans ce manuscrit, nous fournissons un protocole de préparation des animaux pour cette méthode, et nous espérons qu&#39;il constituera une base solide pour une étude plus approfondie des périphériques sensoriels du système nerveux.

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electrophysiology of scorpion peg sensilla

Nous décrivons une modification d&#39;un 1,2 technique de pointe d&#39;enregistrement existants pour enquêter électrophysiologiquement court, comme le PEG-sensorielle sensilles 3,4. Sur la surface la mi-ventrale de tous les scorpions sont deux appendices appelés pectines, qui ont des champs denses de mécano-et chimiosensoriels peg sensilles 5,6. Une méthode pour évaluer chemoresponsiveness de ces sensilles utilise une électrode de tungstène pour l&#39;enregistrement extracellulaire activité neuronale au sein d&#39;un sensillum comme une substance odorante volatile est introduit dans le champ sensoriel 5,7. Les limites de cette méthode comprennent ralentir la collecte de données et l&#39;introduction incontrôlée aux stimulants, et l&#39;enlèvement d&#39;, le champ cheville. Pour surmonter ces limitations, nous avons développé une nouvelle pointe d&#39;enregistrement technique qui utilise de l&#39;huile minérale non polaires comme un moyen par lequel nous livrer à base d&#39;eau sapides au PEG individuels sensilles 8,9. Nous avons appliqué avec succès cette méthode pour obtenir chemoresponses sensillar à l&#39;acide citrique, l&#39;éthanol, et le sel. Nous décrivons ici le protocole expérimental pour une telle étude 9. Nous pensons que cette nouvelle méthode peut être utile pour étudier les propriétés de réponse des autres arthropodes systèmes chimiosensoriels, y compris ceux des insectes 10, 11 et 12 de crustacés.

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Real-time Electrophysiology: Using Closed-loop Protocols to Probe Neuronal Dynamics and Beyond

Experimental neuroscience is witnessing an increased interest in the development and application of novel and often complex, closed-loop protocols, where the stimulus applied depends in real-time on the response of the system. Recent applications range from the implementation of virtual reality systems for studying motor responses both in mice1 and in zebrafish2, to control of seizures following cortical stroke using optogenetics3. A key advantage of closed-loop techniques resides in the capability of probing higher dimensional properties that are not directly accessible or that depend on multiple variables, such as neuronal excitability4 and reliability, while at the same time maximizing the experimental throughput. In this contribution and in the context of cellular electrophysiology, we describe how to apply a variety of closed-loop protocols to the study of the response properties of pyramidal cortical neurons, recorded intracellularly with the patch clamp technique in acute brain slices from the somatosensory cortex of juvenile rats. As no commercially available or open source software provides all the features required for efficiently performing the experiments described here, a new software toolbox called LCG5 was developed, whose modular structure maximizes reuse of computer code and facilitates the implementation of novel experimental paradigms. Stimulation waveforms are specified using a compact meta-description and full experimental protocols are described in text-based configuration files. Additionally, LCG has a command-line interface that is suited for repetition of trials and automation of experimental protocols.

Closed-loop protocols are becoming increasingly widespread in modern day electrophysiology. We present a simple, versatile and inexpensive way to perform complex electrophysiological protocols in cortical pyramidal neurons in vitro, using a desktop computer and a digital acquisition board.

Électrophysiologie en temps réel: en utilisant des protocoles en boucle fermée à la sonde neuronaux Dynamics et au-delà

Experimental neuroscience is witnessing an increased interest in the development and application of novel and often complex, closed-loop protocols, where ...

Spiral Ganglion Neuron Explant Culture and Electrophysiology on Multi Electrode Arrays

Spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) participate in the physiological process of hearing by relaying signals from sensory hair cells to the cochlear nucleus in the brain stem. Loss of hair cells is a major cause of sensory hearing loss. Prosthetic devices such as cochlear implants function by bypassing lost hair cells and directly stimulating SGNs electrically, allowing for restoration of hearing in deaf patients. The performance of these devices depends on the functionality of SGNs, the implantation procedure and on the distance between the electrodes and the auditory neurons. 
We hypothesized, that reducing the distance between the SGNs and the electrode array of the implant would allow for improved stimulation and frequency resolution, with the best results in a gapless position. Currently we lack in vitro culture systems to study, modify and optimize the interaction between auditory neurons and electrode arrays and characterize their electrophysiological response. To address these issues, we developed an in vitro bioassay using SGN cultures on a planar multi electrode array (MEA). With this method we were able to perform extracellular recording of the basal and electrically induced activity of a population of spiral ganglion neurons. We were also able to optimize stimulation protocols and analyze the response to electrical stimuli as a function of the electrode distance. This platform could also be used to optimize electrode features such as surface coatings.

We present a protocol to culture primary murine spiral ganglion neuron explants on multi electrode arrays to study neuronal response profiles and optimize stimulation parameters. Such studies aim to improve the neuron-electrode interface of cochlear implants to benefit hearing in patients as well as the energy consumption of the device.

Spiral Ganglion Neuron Explantation Culture et électrophysiologie sur multi-électrodes Arrays

Spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) participate in the physiological process of hearing by relaying signals from sensory hair cells to the cochlear nucleus in ...

Prolonged Incubation of Acute Neuronal Tissue for Electrophysiology and Calcium-imaging

Acute neuronal tissue preparations, brain slices and retinal wholemount, can usually only be maintained for 6 - 8 h following dissection. This limits the experimental time, and increases the number of animals that are utilized per study. This limitation specifically impacts protocols such as calcium imaging that require prolonged pre-incubation with bath-applied dyes. Exponential bacterial growth within 3 - 4 h after slicing is tightly correlated with a decrease in tissue health. This study describes a method for&#160;limiting the proliferation of bacteria in acute preparations to maintain viable neuronal tissue for prolonged periods of time (&#62;24 h) without the need for antibiotics, sterile procedures, or tissue culture media containing growth factors. By cycling the extracellular fluid through UV irradiation and keeping the tissue in a custom holding chamber at 15 - 16 &#176;C, the tissue shows no difference in electrophysiological properties, or calcium signaling through intracellular calcium dyes at &#62;24 h postdissection. These methods will not only extend experimental time for those using acute neuronal tissue, but will reduce the number of animals required to complete experimental goals, and will set a gold standard for acute neuronal tissue incubation.

Once removed from the body, neuronal tissue is greatly affected by environmental conditions, leading to eventual degradation of the tissue after 6 - 8 h. Using a unique incubation method, which closely monitors and regulates the extracellular environment of the tissue, tissue viability can be significantly extended for &#62;24 h.

L&#39;incubation prolongée de aiguë Neuronal tissus pour électrophysiologie et Calcium-imagerie

Acute neuronal tissue preparations, brain slices and retinal wholemount, can usually only be maintained for 6 - 8 h following dissection. This limits the ...

Electrophysiological Recording from Drosophila Trichoid Sensilla in Response to Odorants of Low Volatility

Insects rely on their sense of smell to guide a wide range of behaviors that are critical for their survival, such as food-seeking, predator avoidance, oviposition, and mating. Myriad chemicals of varying volatilities have been identified as natural odorants that activate insect Olfactory Receptor Neurons (ORNs). However, studying the olfactory responses to low-volatility odorants has been hampered by an inability to effectively present such stimuli using conventional odor-delivery methods. Here, we describe a procedure that permits the effective presentation of low-volatility odorants for in vivo Single-Sensillum Recording (SSR). By minimizing the distance between the odor source and the target tissue, this method allows for the application of biologically salient but hitherto inaccessible odorants, including palmitoleic acid, a stimulatory pheromone with a demonstrated effect on ORNs involved in courtship and mating behavior1. Our procedure thus affords a new avenue to assay a host of low-volatility odorants for the study of insect olfaction and pheromone communication.

Electrophysiological Recording from Drosophila Trichoid Sensilla in Response to Odorants of Low Volatility

The overall goal of this protocol is to demonstrate how to present odorants of low volatility for single-sensillum recording from Drosophila olfactory receptor neurons that respond to long-chain cuticular pheromones.

Enregistrement électrophysiologique de<em&gt; Drosophila</em&gt; Sensilla Trichoid en Réponse aux Odorants de Faible Volatilité

Insects rely on their sense of smell to guide a wide range of behaviors that are critical for their survival, such as food-seeking, predator avoidance, ...

Single Sensillum Recordings for Locust Palp Sensilla Basiconica

The palps of locust mouthparts are considered to be conventional gustatory organs that play an important role in a locust&#39;s food selection, especially for the detection of non-volatile chemical cues through sensilla chaetica (previously named terminal sensilla or crested sensilla). There is now increasing evidence that these palps also have an olfactory function. An odorant receptor (LmigOR2) and an odorant-binding protein (LmigOBP1) have been localized in the neurons and accessory cells, respectively, in the sensilla basiconica of the palps. Single sensillum recording (SSR) is used for recording the responses of odorant receptor neurons, which is an effective method for screening active ligands on specific odorant receptors. SSR is used in functional studies of odorant receptors in palp sensilla. The structure of the sensilla basiconica located on the dome of the palps differs somewhat from the structure of those on the antennae. Therefore, when performing an SSR elicited by odorants, some specific advice may be helpful for obtaining optimum results. In this paper, a detailed and highly effective protocol for an SSR from insect palp sensilla basiconica is introduced.

This paper describes a detailed and highly effective protocol for single sensillum recordings from the sensilla basiconica on the palps of insect mouthparts.

Sensille unique Recordings pour Locust Palp sensilles basiconiques

The palps of locust mouthparts are considered to be conventional gustatory organs that play an important role in a locust&#39;s food selection, especially ...

Evaluation of Synaptic Multiplicity Using Whole-cell Patch-clamp Electrophysiology

In the central nervous system, a pair of neurons often form&#160;multiple synaptic contacts and/or functional neurotransmitter release sites (synaptic multiplicity). Synaptic multiplicity is plastic and changes throughout development and in different physiological conditions, being an important determinant for the efficacy of synaptic transmission. Here, we outline experiments for estimating the degree of multiplicity of synapses terminating onto a given postsynaptic neuron using whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology in acute brain slices. Specifically, voltage-clamp recording is used to compare the difference between the amplitude of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSCs) and miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs). The theory behind this method is that afferent inputs that exhibit multiplicity will show large, action potential-dependent sEPSCs due to the synchronous release that occurs at each synaptic contact. In contrast, action potential-independent release (which is asynchronous) will generate smaller amplitude mEPSCs. This article outlines a set of experiments and analyses to characterize the existence of synaptic multiplicity and discusses the requirements and limitations of the technique. This technique can be applied to investigate how different behavioral, pharmacological or environmental interventions in vivo affect the organization of synaptic contacts in different brain areas.

Here, we present a protocol for evaluating the functional synaptic multiplicity using whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology in acute brain slices.

Évaluation de la multiplicité synaptique à l’aide de Patch-clamp de la cellule entière électrophysiologie

In the central nervous system, a pair of neurons often form&#160;multiple synaptic contacts and/or functional neurotransmitter release sites (synaptic ...