High-speed laser microsurgery of alert fruit flies for fluorescence imaging of neural activity
Sinha S, Liang L, Ho ET, Urbanek KE, Luo L, Baer TM, Schnitzer MJ. High-speed laser microsurgery of alert fruit flies for fluorescence imaging of neural activity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 18374-18379. PMID: 24167298, PMCID: PMC3832030, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216287110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLive animalsCellular functionsFruit flySmall organismsMushroom bodiesKenyon cellsFliesAntennal lobeLive organismsOrganismsNeuronal plasticityHigh-throughput preparationMouse craniumExperimental throughputFluorescence imagingMicrosurgical openingLaser microsurgeryAntsVivo microscopy studiesNematodesAnimalsTwo-photon microscopySpeciesPhototaxisOptical experimentation