Autor: |
Ulrike Pech, Natalia H. Revelo, Katharina J. Seitz, Silvio O. Rizzoli, André Fiala |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2015 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Cell Reports, Vol 10, Iss 12, Pp 2083-2095 (2015) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2211-1247 |
DOI: |
10.1016/j.celrep.2015.02.065 |
Popis: |
Drosophila represents a key model organism for dissecting neuronal circuits that underlie innate and adaptive behavior. However, this task is limited by a lack of tools to monitor physiological parameters of spatially distributed, central synapses in identified neurons. We generated transgenic fly strains that express functional fluorescent reporters targeted to either pre- or postsynaptic compartments. Presynaptic Ca2+ dynamics are monitored using synaptophysin-coupled GCaMP3, synaptic transmission is monitored using red fluorescent synaptophysin-pHTomato, and postsynaptic Ca2+ dynamics are visualized using GCaMP3 fused with the postsynaptic matrix protein, dHomer. Using two-photon in vivo imaging of olfactory projection neurons, odor-evoked activity across populations of synapses is visualized in the antennal lobe and the mushroom body calyx. Prolonged odor exposure causes odor-specific and differential experience-dependent changes in pre- and postsynaptic activity at both levels of olfactory processing. The approach advances the physiological analysis of synaptic connections across defined groups of neurons in intact Drosophila. |
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