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Apochromat 20

Manufactured by Zeiss
Sourced in Germany

The Apochromat 20× is a high-quality objective lens manufactured by Zeiss. It is designed to provide a high degree of optical correction, minimizing chromatic and spherical aberrations. The lens has a numerical aperture of 0.80 and a working distance of 0.17 mm.

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Automated Epifluorescent Microscopy Imaging

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Images described on Fig EV1B are acquired on an EVOS FL Microscope (Thermo Fisher) equipped with a GFP LED light cube. Images described on Fig EV1C are acquired on a Zeiss Ax10 Observer D1 fluorescence microscope system equipped with AxioCam and an HXP 120V lamp, with an Objective Plan‐Apochromat 20× and ZEN acquisition software.
All other fluorescent images are acquired on a Nikon Ti‐E automated epifluorescent microscope. The microscope was equipped with a DS‐Qi2 camera and a Lumencor Sola SE II 365 LED lamp. The filters sets were provided by Nikon for DAPI (DAPI‐5060C), Alexa Fluor 488 (FITC‐3540C), and Alexa Fluor 568 (mCherry C M343564, Sembrock)). The objectives used were Apo 20× Lambda, numerical aperture 0.75 (Nikon). We used a hardware‐based autofocusing system called the perfect focus system (PFS) from Nikon to automatically focus the cells in the field of view.
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Two-photon Imaging of Dendritic Spines

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In-vivo imaging was performed with a two-photon microscope (Zeiss LSM 7 MP; Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany) equipped with a water immersion objective (Apochromat 20×, numerical aperture=1.0; Carl Zeiss). A Ti:sapphire laser (Chameleon; Coherent, Santa Clara, CA) was tuned to the excitation wavelength for GFP (900~950 nm) [21 (link)]. Subsequent image stacks (512×512 pixels; 0.4 μm/pixel, 26 sections) were recorded every 5 min for 1~2 hours. The imaging depth was 50~150 μm below the pial surface, and the dendrites and dendritic spines in Layer II/III of the Layer V pyramidal cells were imaged in this study.
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Two-Photon Imaging of Neuronal and Glial Calcium Dynamics

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For awake imaging, mice were habituated to the treadmill under head-fixed conditions for 40 min per day over 2 weeks. Ca2+ imaging was performed using a two-photon microscope (Zeiss LSM 7 MP, Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany) equipped with a water immersion objective lens (Apochromat 20, NA = 1.0, Carl Zeiss). Two-photon excitation at 900 nm for GCaMP6s imaging was carried out using a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser system (Chameleon, Coherent, USA). Data were acquired using ZEN software (Zeiss Efficient Navigation, Carl Zeiss) at 4.4 Hz for imaging of S1 and 32 Hz for imaging of the cerebellar Bergmann glia.
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Two-Photon Imaging of Neuronal Calcium

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Calcium imaging was performed with a two-photon microscope (Zeiss LSM 7 MP, Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany) equipped with a water immersion objective (Apochromat 20×, NA = 1.0, Carl Zeiss). Two-photon excitation for GCaMP6s imaging (900 nm) was provided by a mode-locked Ti: sapphire laser system (Chameleon, Coherent). Imaging was acquired using ZEN software (Zeiss Efficient Navigation, Carl Zeiss). All the experiments were conducted under anesthesia with isoflurane (1%) and the body temperatures of mice were maintained between 36 and 38°C using a heating pad (IL-H-80, Live Cell Instrument). For layer 2/3 neurons calcium imaging, time-lapse imaging (512 × 300 pixels, 0.4 μm/pixel, two line steps, 0.229 s per frame) was performed with imaging depth of 180–220 μm from the surface.
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