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Protocol for recording visual maps in the mouse superior colliculus and visual cortex with intrinsic optical imaging.

Flora Boutet-Porretta1, Josien Visser2, Arthur Matthys1

  • 1Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology, Collège de France, CNRS, INSERM, PSL-Neuro, Université PSL, Paris, France; Doctoral School N°158, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.

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Summary

This study introduces a rapid protocol using intrinsic optical imaging (IOI) to map visual functions in the mouse superior colliculus (SC) and visual cortex (V1). The method achieves retinotopy and orientation maps in the SC quickly and efficiently.

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Cognitive NeuroscienceMicroscopySystems biology

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