A dual-color miniature endoscope for calcium imaging in behaving mice
Zhang, J.; Hong, F.; Kim, J.; Bakhurin, K.; Kim, N.; Yin, H.
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Calcium imaging with miniature endoscopes has become an essential tool in neuroscience, but conventional miniscopes typically record signals from only a single calcium indicator. Here, we present a dual-color miniature endoscope (miniscope) that enables simultaneous calcium imaging from two neuronal populations using spectrally distinct genetically encoded indicators. In freely moving mice, we used this system to record activity from striatal neurons of the direct (dSPN) and indirect (iSPN) pathways. We showed that dSPNs were activated earlier than iSPNs during contraversive movements, with dSPNs preferentially active during acceleration and iSPNs during deceleration. During ipsiversive turns, however, this temporal relationship was reversed. These findings indicate that dSPNs and iSPNs are not concurrently active, but instead exhibit complementary, direction-dependent dynamics that govern movement velocity. Our dual-color miniscope provides a compact, cost-effective platform for simultaneous two-population imaging, offering new opportunities to dissect coordinated activity across neural circuits in freely behaving animals.
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