Key resources table
| REAGENT or RESOURCE | SOURCE | IDENTIFIER |
|---|---|---|
| Antibodies | ||
| Goat anti-GFP | Rockland | Cat#600-101-215; RRID: AB_2208318 |
| Bacterial and virus strains | ||
| AAV-hSyn-FLEX-TeLC-P2A-EYFP-WPRE | Takatoh & Prevosto et al.35 | RRID: Addgene_135391 |
| AAV-EF1a-DIO-GtACR2-EYFP | Takatoh & Prevosto et al.35 | N/A |
| Chemicals, peptides, and recombinant proteins | ||
| DiI fluorescent dye (Vybrant™ DiI) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Cat#V22885 |
| Experimental models: Organisms/strains | ||
| Mouse: C57BL/6J | The Jackson Laboratory | JAX# 000664; RRID: IMSR_JAX:000664 |
| Mouse: B6J.129S6(FVB)-Slc32a1tm2(cre)Lowl/MwarJ | The Jackson Laboratory | JAX# 028862; RRID: IMSR_JAX:028862 |
| Software and algorithms | ||
| MATLAB v.2021b and v.2023b | MathWorks | https://www.mathworks.com/help/docarchives.html |
| ImageJ | NIH | https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/ |
| CerePlex Direct Central Suite (version v7.0.5) | Blackrock Microsystems | https://blackrockneurotech.com/products/cereplex-direct/ |
| Janelia Whisker Tracker | Clack et al.53 | https://www.janelia.org/open-science/whisk-whisker-tracking |
| Kilosort2.5 | Pachitariu et al.51 | https://zenodo.org/records/4482749 |
| campy | Dunn & Marshall et al.50 | https://github.com/ksseverson57/campy |
| Neural Decoding Toolbox (NDT) | Meyers54 | http://www.readout.info |
| Original code for brainstem circuitry model | This paper | https://github.com/wanglab-neuro/2026_Xiao-Severson_Peri-head-distance; 10.5281/zenodo.20330279 |
| MClust, v.4.4 | A.D. Redish | http://www.redishlab.neuroscience.umn.edu/MClust/MClust.html |
| Phy | Rossant et al.52 | https://github.com/cortex-lab/phy |
| WaveSurfer | HHMI Janelia Research Campus | http://www.wavesurfer.janelia.org |
| Doric Neuroscience Studio software (version 6.1.5.0) | Doric Lenses | https://neuro.doriclenses.com/products/doric-neuroscience-studio |
| Other | ||
| Linear actuator, Model LSM200B-T4 rev 2 | Zaber Technologies | www.zaber.com |
| Linear actuator, Model LSM050B-T4 rev 2 | Zaber Technologies | www.zaber.com |
| Controller, Model X-MCB2, firmware v6.30 | Zaber Technologies | www.zaber.com |
| Custom stainless steel head bar | This paper | https://github.com/wanglab-neuro/2026_Xiao-Severson_Peri-head-distance; 10.5281/zenodo.20330279 |
| Student Vannas Spring Scissors, straight, 9 cm | Fine Science Tools | Cat#91500-09 |
| Micromanipulator system | Sutter Instrument | Model MPC-325 |
| Microscope | Keyence | Model BZ-X800 |
| Confocal microscope | Carl Zeiss Microscopy | Model LSM700 |
| High-speed camera | Basler | Model acA1300-200um |
| High-power LED array, 660 nm | Roithner Lasertechnik | Cat#LED660N-66-60 |
| Condenser lens | Thorlabs | Cat#ACL50832U |
| Telecentric lens | Edmund Optics | Cat#55-349 |
| 32-channel silicon probe, Model A1×32-Poly2-10mm-50s-177-A32 (50 μm thickness) | NeuroNexus | Model A1×32-Poly2-10mm-50s-177-A32 |
| 32-channel silicon probe, Model A1×32-Poly3-10mm-50s-177 (50μm thickness) | NeuroNexus | Model A1×32-Poly3-10mm-50s-177 |
| 32-channel silicon optrode, Model A1×32-Poly2-10mm-50s-413- | NeuroNexus | Model A1×32-Poly2-10mm-50s-413-OA32LP (105 μm/125 μm, NA 0.22) |
| 32-channel NeuroNexus to omnetics adaptor | NeuroNexus | A32-OM32 |
| Headstage, Cereplex M | Blackrock Microsystems | Cat #10532 |
| Tungsten electrode, 0.005″, 5 MΩ, 8° tip angle | A-M Systems | Cat#575300 |
| AC/DC differential amplifier, Model DAM80 | World Precision Instruments | Model DAM80 |
| Microsyringe pump | World Precision Instruments | Model UMP3 |
| Syringe pump controller | World Precision Instruments | Model Micro4 |
| Stereotaxic frame | David Kopf Instruments | Model 963 |
| Laser, 473 nm | Cobolt | 06-MLD 473 |
| Pulse generator | Doric Lenses | Model OTPG-4 |
| C&B Metabond® Quick Adhesive Cement System | Parkell | SKU: S380 |