Boaz Mohar

Glutamate indicators with improved activation kinetics and localization for imaging synaptic transmission

This paper develops improved glutamate indicators with faster activation kinetics and better synaptic localization for imaging synaptic transmission in neurons.

Brain-wide measurement of synaptic protein turnover reveals localized plasticity during learning

The paper develops DELTA, a method to measure brain-wide synaptic protein turnover at single-synapse resolution, revealing localized plasticity in hippocampal CA1 during learning.

Functional clustering of dendritic activity during decision-making

This study uses calcium imaging in mouse motor cortex pyramidal cells to show that dendritic activity during decision-making is compartmentalized by branching and clustered within branches.

High-performance GFP-based calcium indicators for imaging activity in neuronal populations and microcompartments

Structure-guided mutagenesis of GCaMP6 plus neuron-based screening yields a jGCaMP7 family, each variant tuned to a different regime: single spikes, neurites and neuropil, or population imaging.

Video-rate volumetric functional imaging of the brain at synaptic resolution

This paper introduces a method to achieve video-rate volumetric imaging of brain activity at synaptic resolution using Bessel foci in two-photon microscopy.

Sensitive red protein calcium indicators for imaging neural activity

The paper introduces improved red calcium indicators that match the sensitivity of GFP-based indicators, enabling better in vivo neural activity imaging.