Deep three-photon imaging of the brain in intact adult zebrafish

Nat Methods. 2020 Jun;17(6):605-608. doi: 10.1038/s41592-020-0819-7. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Abstract

Behaviors emerge from activity throughout the brain, but noninvasive optical access in adult vertebrate brains is limited. We show that three-photon (3P) imaging through the head of intact adult zebrafish allows structural and functional imaging at cellular resolution throughout the telencephalon and deep into the cerebellum and optic tectum. With 3P imaging, considerable portions of the brain become noninvasively accessible from embryo to sexually mature adult in a vertebrate model.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cerebellum / diagnostic imaging*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods*
  • Photons*
  • Superior Colliculi / diagnostic imaging*
  • Telencephalon / diagnostic imaging*
  • Zebrafish / anatomy & histology*