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2021-01-05
[Abstract] Olfactory behavior is among the most fundamental animal behaviors both in the wild and in the laboratory. To elucidate the neural mechanisms underlying olfactory behavior, it is critical to measure neural responses to odorant concentration changes resembling those that animals actually sense during olfactory behavior. However, reproducing the dynamically changing olfactory stimuli to an animal during such measurements of neural activity is technically challenging. Here, we describe technical details and protocols for odor stimulation during calcium imaging of the sensory neurons of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. In this system, the neuronal activity of C. elegans is measured using ratiometric calcium imaging during exposure to quantitatively controlled olfactory stimuli over time. ...
[摘要] [摘要]嗅觉行为是在野外和实验室中最基本的动物行为之一。为了阐明嗅觉行为的神经机制,至关重要的是测量对气味浓度变化的神经反应,类似于动物在嗅觉行为期间实际感知到的变化。然而,在这种神经活动的测量过程中,将动态变化的嗅觉刺激再现给动物是技术上的挑战。在这里,我们描述线虫秀丽隐杆线虫的感觉神经元的钙成像过程中气味刺激的技术细节和协议。在这个系统中,秀丽隐杆线虫的神经元活性 在一段时间内暴露于定量控制的嗅觉刺激过程中,使用比例钙成像法测量钙。根据预先设计的时间气味梯度,可以精确控制动物周围气味浓度的时间变化,从而在行为舞台上的嗅觉行为过程中再现实际的气味浓度变化。通过监视响应于实际嗅觉刺激的神经活动,可以阐明嗅觉输入由神经活动处理并反映在行为输出中的机制。
[背景]嗅觉是一种重要的形态,几乎所有动物物种都使用嗅觉来进行生存和繁殖,并且对嗅觉行为(如信息素反应,先天/学习到的恐惧反应和嗅觉导航)进行了深入研究(Bargmann,2006; Jacobs,2012) ...
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