Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (May 2020)

TRACE: An Unbiased Method to Permanently Tag Transiently Activated Inputs

  • Nathalie Krauth,
  • Nathalie Krauth,
  • Valentina Khalil,
  • Valentina Khalil,
  • Meet Jariwala,
  • Meet Jariwala,
  • Noemie Mermet-Joret,
  • Noemie Mermet-Joret,
  • Anne-Katrine Vestergaard,
  • Anne-Katrine Vestergaard,
  • Marco Capogna,
  • Marco Capogna,
  • Marco Capogna,
  • Sadegh Nabavi,
  • Sadegh Nabavi,
  • Sadegh Nabavi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2020.00114
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14

Abstract

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A fundamental interest in circuit analysis is to parse out the synaptic inputs underlying a behavioral experience. Toward this aim, we have devised an unbiased strategy that specifically labels the afferent inputs that are activated by a defined stimulus in an activity-dependent manner. We validated this strategy in four brain circuits receiving known sensory inputs. This strategy, as demonstrated here, accurately identifies these inputs.

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