Functional Imaging of Primary Visual Cortex Using Flavoprotein Autofluorescence.
From: Committee on Computational Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
- Publish Date: Aug 2007
- ISSN: 1529-2401
- Volume: 27
- Issue: 32
- Pages: 8665-75
- Medium: Internet
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Husson T Robert, Mallik Atul K, Zhang Jing X, et al. Functional Imaging of Primary Visual Cortex Using Flavoprotein Autofluorescence.. J. Neurosci. Aug 2007;27:8665-75
Abstract
Neuronal autofluorescence, which results from the oxidation of flavoproteins in the electron transport chain, has recently been used to map cortical responses to sensory stimuli. This approach could represent a substantial improvement over other optical imaging methods because it is a direct (i.e., nonhemodynamic) measure of neuronal metabolism. However, its application to functional imaging has been limited because strong responses have been reported only in rodents. In this study, we demonstrate that autofluorescence imaging (AFI) can be used to map the functional organization of primary visual cortex in both mouse and cat. In cat area 17, orientation preference maps generated by AFI had the classic pinwheel structure and matched those generated by intrinsic signal imaging in the same imaged field. The spatiotemporal profile of the autofluorescence signal had several advantages over intrinsic signal imaging, including spatially restricted fluorescence throughout its response duration, reduced susceptibility to vascular artifacts, an improved spatial response profile, and a faster time course. These results indicate that AFI is a robust and useful measure of large-scale cortical activity patterns in visual mammals.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Brain Mapping, Cats, Female, Flavoproteins, Fluorescence, Mice, Photic Stimulation, Reaction Time, Retinoscopy, Visual Cortex
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