PMID- 22341322 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120716 LR - 20131121 IS - 1875-7855 (Electronic) IS - 0079-6123 (Linking) VI - 196 DP - 2012 TI - Neural activity imaging with genetically encoded calcium indicators. PG - 79-94 LID - 10.1016/B978-0-444-59426-6.00005-7 [doi] AB - Genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs), together with modern microscopy, allow repeated activity measurement, in real time and with cellular resolution, of defined cellular populations. Recent efforts in protein engineering have yielded several high-quality GECIs that facilitate new applications in neuroscience. Here, we summarize recent progress in GECI design, optimization, and characterization, and provide guidelines for selecting the appropriate GECI for a given biological application. We focus on the unique challenges associated with imaging in behaving animals. CI - Copyright A(c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Tian, Lin AU - Tian L AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, VA, USA. lintian@ucdavis.edu FAU - Akerboom, Jasper AU - Akerboom J FAU - Schreiter, Eric R AU - Schreiter ER FAU - Looger, Loren L AU - Looger LL LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - Netherlands TA - Prog Brain Res JT - Progress in brain research JID - 0376441 RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Calcium/*metabolism MH - Calcium Signaling/*genetics MH - Molecular Imaging/*methods MH - Neurons/*metabolism EDAT- 2012/02/22 06:00 MHDA- 2012/07/17 06:00 CRDT- 2012/02/21 06:00 PHST- 2012/02/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/02/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/07/17 06:00 [medline] AID - B978-0-444-59426-6.00005-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/B978-0-444-59426-6.00005-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Prog Brain Res. 2012;196:79-94. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59426-6.00005-7.