Neurophotonics: optical methods to study and control the brain

LV Doronina-Amitonova, IV Fedotov… - Physics …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Methods of optical physics offer unique opportunities for the investigation of brain and higher
nervous activity. The integration of cutting-edge laser technologies and advanced …

Keldysh photoionization theory: through the barriers

AM Zheltikov - Physics-Uspekhi, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The Keldysh photoionization theory is a conceptual cornerstone and a universal framework
for the description of a broad class of fundamental effects in light–matter interaction. Here …

Thermogenetic neurostimulation with single-cell resolution

YG Ermakova, AA Lanin, IV Fedotov… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Thermogenetics is a promising innovative neurostimulation technique, which enables robust
activation of neurons using thermosensitive transient receptor potential (TRP) cation …

Implantable fiber-optic interface for parallel multisite long-term optical dynamic brain interrogation in freely moving mice

LV Doronina-Amitonova, IV Fedotov, OI Ivashkina… - Scientific Reports, 2013 - nature.com
Seeing the big picture of functional responses within large neural networks in a freely
functioning brain is crucial for understanding the cellular mechanisms behind the higher …

Two‐and three‐photon absorption cross‐section characterization for high‐brightness, cell‐specific multiphoton fluorescence brain imaging

AA Lanin, AS Chebotarev… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate an accurate quantitative characterization of absolute two‐and three‐photon
absorption (2PA and 3PA) action cross sections of a genetically encodable fluorescent …

Cell-specific three-photon-fluorescence brain imaging: neurons, astrocytes, and gliovascular interfaces

AA Lanin, MS Pochechuev, AS Chebotarev… - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We present brain imaging experiments on rat cortical areas, demonstrating that, when
combined with a suitable high-brightness, cell-specific genetically encoded fluorescent …

Single‐beam dual‐color alternate‐pathway two‐photon spectroscopy: Toward an optical toolbox for redox biology

AS Chebotarev, AA Lanin, RI Raevskii… - Journal of Raman …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate a versatile single‐laser platform for single‐beam dual‐color two‐photon
spectroscopy that combines a short‐pulse laser source with a tunable broadband …

Photon entanglement for life-science imaging: rethinking the limits of the possible

AM Zheltikov, MO Scully - Physics-Uspekhi, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantum entanglement is a powerful resource that revolutionizes information science,
opens new horizons in communication technologies, and pushes the frontiers of sensing …

Multisite cell‐and neural‐dynamics‐resolving deep brain imaging in freely moving mice with implanted reconnectable fiber bundles

MS Pochechuev, MA Solotenkov… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate a reconnectable implantable ultraslim fiber‐optic microendoscope that
integrates a branching fiber bundle (BFB) with gradient‐index fiber lenses, enabling a …

Stain-free subcellular-resolution astrocyte imaging using third-harmonic generation

MS Pochechuev, AA Lanin, IV Kelmanson, DS Bilan… - Optics Letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate stain-free, high-contrast, subcellular-resolution imaging of astroglial cells
using epi-detected third-harmonic generation (THG). The astrocyte-imaging capability of …