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current model of the brain:

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  • brain like microprocessor
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circuit function =

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architecture of circuit + component properties

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Santiago Ramon y Cajal: sig

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  • defined neuron theory
  • using Golgi stain technique could discover neuron structure
  • also found many diff cell types
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list (2) components which make up neuronal activity:

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  • membrane kinetics

- neuropharmacology

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membrane kinetics: features

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  • AP

- ion channels

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neuropharm: general features

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  • synaptic transmission

- plasticity

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hardware and software: what do we understand so far

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  • hardware

- good models predicting biophysical and chemical processes governing neural activity

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hardware and software: what don’t we understand yet

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  • how simple circuits are organised

- therefore can’t predict how groups of connected neurons will behave

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neurons: issues

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  • very small synapses (1-10µm)
  • each communicate w 1-10 000 others
  • highly variable cell types/ brain regions: no generally applicable organisational scheme
  • huge divergence and convergence
  • # possible permutations > # atoms in the universe
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define connectome:

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structural architecture of NS connectivity in all animals at all resolutions

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technology: list 3 diff resolutions

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  • nano-scale
  • meso-scale
  • macro-scale
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technology: give technique and eg. - nanoscale

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  • brute force

- animal and human

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technology: give technique and eg. - mesoscale

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  • circuit tracing

- animal

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technology: give technique and eg. - macroscale

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  • low resolution non-invasive

- human

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ultimate technology: 3 features

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  • large scale
  • specific
  • functional
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list the ideal technology: (5) points

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  • allow selection of subpop of neurons for investigation
  • identify local/ distant connections
  • identify connected cells in the live animal
  • integrated w tools that allow investigation of behaviour
  • identify monosynaptically linked neurons
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nanoscale: name technique

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  • serial block face electron microscopy
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serial block face electron microscopy: procedure

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  • cut sample of tissue into v thin sections (nm), image on electron microscope, reconstruct in 3D vol
  1. prepare and image tissue
  2. trace individual neurons
  3. render, detect synapses
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serial block face electron microscopy: pros

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  • ultimate resolution

- images EVERYTHING

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serial block face electron microscopy: cons

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  • small field of view (<0.1 x 0.1mm)
  • very slow (2014: 1.5yrs/ mm3)
  • expensive (300 Tb/mm3(
  • purely anatomical: hard to relate structure to function
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serial block face electron microscopy: satisfies which ideals (1)

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  • identify monosynaptically linked neurons
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mesoscale: name technique

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  • conventional tract tracing
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conventional track tracing: procedure

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  • monitor axonal movement of dyes (tracers) through to identify long range connectivity
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conventional track tracing: tracer

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  • substance that is endocytosed (taken up) and transported within neuron to allow identification of its body/axon/terminals
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conventional track tracing: list tracer types (6)
- static - transynaptic - chemical - viral - anterograde - retrograde
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conventional track tracing: features- retrograde
- enter synaptic terminals | - move backwards to cell body
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conventional track tracing: features- retrograde eg. (4)
- cholera toxin B (CTb) - latex beads - rabies virus (SADB19) - pseudorabies virus (PRV)
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conventional track tracing: features- cholera toxin B (CTb)
- static retrograde
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conventional track tracing: features- rabies virus (SADB19)
- monosynaptically restricted retrograde
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conventional track tracing: features- pseudorabies virus (PRV)
- polysynaptic retrograde
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conventional track tracing: features- anterograde
- enter cell body | - move forwards towards synaptic terminals
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conventional track tracing: anterograde tracers- eg. (3)
- phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) - most adeno-assoc viral vectors (AAV) - herpes strain 129 (H129)
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conventional track tracing: features- PHA-L
- static anterograde
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conventional track tracing: features- H129
- polysynaptic anterograde
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conventional track tracing: features- AAV (adeno-assoc viral vectors)
- monosynaptically restricted anterograde
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conventional track tracing: theoretical steps and what retro/anterograde tracers label in cells
- inject tracer in region of interest - look for labelled cells: retrograde tracers label cell bodies - anterograde tracers label axons and synaptic terminals
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conventional track tracing: list (5) caveats (warnings/precaution)
- most tracers bidirectional (antero + retro) - tracers can be taken up by fibres of passage - labelled terminals not necessarily indicate synaptic connection (<50% under EM) - can't be selectively targeted to particular cell types within injection site - both conventional/viral tracers good for identifying distant inputs, but can't identify LOCAL connectivity adequately (due to indiscriminate tracer deposition at injections site)
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viral tracers: features
- replication deficient viruses that deliver exogenous genes (transgenes) to target cells (neurons) driving transcription and expression of protein - by driving expression of fluoro 'reporter' proteins can now visualise 'transduced neurons' - trajectories of transduced neurons can then be mapped
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viral tracers: allen brain connectivity atlas features
- mesoscale connectome of mouse brain - online repository of whole brain images from 2911 experiments, AAV-reporter vectors injected at various sites in mouse brain
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targeted circuit discovery- transsynaptic viral tracing: features and eg
- spread through CNS by jumping across synapses | - derived from pathogens (rabies, tetanus, herpes, pseudorabies, vesicular stomatitis virus)
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transsynaptic viral tracing: initial concept was to exploit
- infection mechanism used by neuron specific (neurotrophic) viruses - identify cells that control Ad secretion using pseudorabies (Strack) 1989
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transsynaptic viral tracing: Strack's experiment procedure
- inject virus into adrenal gland - kill rat, process tissue to detect infected cells - count cells, make maps
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transsynaptic viral tracing: satisfies which ideals (1)
- identify local and distant connections
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monosynaptic tracing using recombinant rabies: main features (2)
- fancy tracer, not transsynaptic | - no connectome tracing
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monosynaptic tracing using recombinant rabies: procedure- 1. genetic modification of rabies virus
- G-deleted fluoro reporter (exised g-protein gene, swap w reporter etc.) - cells genetically modified to synthesis rabies glycoprotein = pseudotyped virus
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monosynaptic tracing using recombinant rabies: G-deleted rabies key features (3) retrograde/anterograde
- replication competent (self-amplifying) - drives transgene (eg. reporter) expression at high levels - retrograde only: can only infect terminals
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monosynaptic tracing using recombinant rabies: satisfies which ideals (3)
- identify distant connections - identify connected cells in live animal - identify monosynaptically linked neurons
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monosynaptic tracing from targeted subpop: strategy
- coat rabies in envelope protein from avian sarcoma + leukosis virus and drive expression of the ASLV receptor (TVA) on your target population - restricts entry to cells expressing avian receptor protein (TVA) - drive non-mammalian viral envelope receptor on target pop of neurons
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restore transsynaptic spread: strategy
- drive TVA + rabies glycoprotein on target pop of neurons | - exogenously expressed rabies glycoprotein reintegrates w rabies virion
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validation: evidence of synaptic connection
- record both neurons: drive AP in presynaptic neuron- time-locked changed in membrane current in postsynaptic neuron denote connectivity
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validation: evidence of synaptic connection- +ve deflections =
inhibitory inputs
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validation: evidence of synaptic connection- -ve deflections
excitatory inputs
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monosynaptic tracing (?) from targeted subpop: satisfies which ideals (4)
- allows selection of subpop of neurons for investigations - identify local and distant connections - identify connected cells in live animal - identify monosynaptically linked neurons
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connectome tracing: features incl cons
- presence of reporter= synaptic connection exists - don't need to image in ultra-high res, just enough to resolve labelled neurons - imaging /animal <1 wk - cells start to die after 14 days, major shortcoming
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mapping connectome that controls BP: strategy
- rabies + herpes - seed= spinal projection + monosynaptic input - ID input neurons - MRI-based brain model - import neuron positions - volumetric brain reconstruction and mapping - pooled data

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