Periscope for noninvasive two-photon imaging of murine retina in vivo

P Stremplewski, K Komar, K Palczewski… - Biomedical Optics …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Biomedical Optics Express, 2015opg.optica.org
Two-photon microscopy allows visualization of subcellular structures in the living animal
retina. In previously reported experiments it was necessary to apply a contact lens to each
subject. Extending this technology to larger animals would require fitting a custom contact
lens to each animal and cumbersome placement of the living animal head on microscope
stage. Here we demonstrate a new device, periscope, for coupling light energy into mouse
eye and capturing emitted fluorescence. Using this periscope we obtained images of the …
Two-photon microscopy allows visualization of subcellular structures in the living animal retina. In previously reported experiments it was necessary to apply a contact lens to each subject. Extending this technology to larger animals would require fitting a custom contact lens to each animal and cumbersome placement of the living animal head on microscope stage. Here we demonstrate a new device, periscope, for coupling light energy into mouse eye and capturing emitted fluorescence. Using this periscope we obtained images of the RPE and their subcellular organelles, retinosomes, with larger field of view than previously reported. This periscope provides an interface with a commercial microscope, does not require contact lens and its design could be modified to image retina in larger animals.
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