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We combined two - photon calcium imaging in head - fixed flying flies with optogenetics to overwrite the existing population representation with an artificial one, which was then maintained by the circuit with naturalistic dynamics.

Explaination of one of Elisa Rigosi's thesis projects published in Rigosi et al. 2015, Asymmetric neural coding revealed by in vivo calcium imaging in the honeybee brain.

Caroline joined the Biophotonics group as a post doc in 2013 to implement confocal light - sheet microscopy for structural whole mouse brain imaging and then later functional calcium imaging in Zebrafish.

Rigosi, E., Haase, A., Rath, L., Anfora, G., Vallortigara, G. & Szyszka, P. (2015), Asymmetric neural coding revealed by in vivo calcium imaging in the honey bee brain.

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Novel 3D vascular ultrasound imaging technology allowed researchers to quantify the amount of carotid artery plaque burden lining each patient's carotid arteries in their neck, while a coronary artery calcium score CT scan allowed for the identification of any narrowing or hardening of the coronary arteries due to the buildup of fatty cholesterol and calcified plaque.

While powerful and widely used, calcium imaging alone is too slow to generate the kind of real - time map that the BAM project requires, says Michael Roukes of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

To image the neurons firing, the researchers used a technique called calcium imaging that creates fluorescence in response to the influx of calcium that occurs when a neuron fires.

Because calcium imaging is widely used to identify cells in tissues throughout the body, researchers studying other systems will be able to benefit from the published methodology.

To support their behavioral studies, the HHMI Janelia group performed deep brain imaging in freely - moving AGRP - specific calcium reporter mice using miniature head - mounted fluorescent microscopes.

With a technique known as two - photon calcium imaging, the scientists were then able to visualize the activity of mPOA neurons in awake, behaving female mice.

Health care providers can monitor bone health of pediatric patients by ensuring that they maintain a healthy body weight, are engaging in weight bearing exercise and have adequate nutritional intake of calcium and vitamin D. Routine imaging with DXA scans is not recommended at this time, she noted.

The screening was conducted using Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA), a noninvasive imaging technology that accurately measures calcium deposits and plaque buildup in the arteries.

Up until now, researchers who wanted to observe neuronal activity in real - time often used a technique called calcium imaging.

The optimized imaging ad behavior approach demonstrated that, in a selective group of Purkinje cells, calcium activity remained in a stable activation pattern over many weeks — a discovery that was only possible due to their optimized approaches.

In my current research, I investigate the sublethal effects of neonicotinoids on olfactory processing and learning using in - vivo calcium imaginIn my current research, I investigate the sublethal effects of neonicotinoids on olfactory processing and learning using in - vivo calcium imaginin - vivo calcium imaging.

Now I am expanding my investigation on the olfactory system of the honeybee, performing in vivo calcium imaging and behavioral assays to study the neurobiological basis of the associative learning and memory.

Calcium imaging also showed that the neurons in the organoid were not firing sparsely, with isolated activity, as in cultured brain organoids, but in synchronized patterns, suggesting an active neuronal network was developing.

Using flourescence imaging, the scientists tested calcium response (an important nervous system ion implicated in the symptoms of bipolar disorder) in olfactory nerve cell samples from 17 bipolar patients (10 currently taking medication, 7 medication - free) with those of matched controls.

In vivo mapping of brain activity is implemented via calcium imaging techniques at high temporal resolution.

The lab studies the pathways from sensory input to behavioral output by quantitative analysis of behavior under well - defined conditions, genetic manipulation of animals or individual neuronal cells, and calcium imaging from neurons in living animals.

CalFlux VNT responds to changes in intracellular calcium and is useful for direct imaging of events in cells and brain explants.

In his lab we use multidisciplinary approaches that include behavioral experiments in the field and in the laboratory, neuroanatomy, in vivo electrophysiology, calcium imaging and modelinIn his lab we use multidisciplinary approaches that include behavioral experiments in the field and in the laboratory, neuroanatomy, in vivo electrophysiology, calcium imaging and modelinin the field and in the laboratory, neuroanatomy, in vivo electrophysiology, calcium imaging and modelinin the laboratory, neuroanatomy, in vivo electrophysiology, calcium imaging and modelinin vivo electrophysiology, calcium imaging and modeling.

Recently, we extended our imaging methods to the scattering tissue domain and demonstrated fast volumetric calcium imaging across the majority of a cortical column in the mouse.

He studied functional circuit processing throughout the visual system, including thalamus, primary visual cortex and extrastriate visual areas using in vivo two - photon imaging, calcium sensors and viral tracers.

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