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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 16.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Protoc. 2016 Feb 25;11(3):566–597. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2016.021

Table 1.

Viral constructs for the introduction of a Ca2+ indicator into the brain

Ca2+ Sensors Stereotypes Variants Target Vendor Website
AAV.CAG.GCaMP6.WPRE.SV40 AAV1, AAV5, AAV9, pAAV slow, medium, fast Ubiquitous Penn http://www.med.upenn.edu/gtp/vectorcore/user_documents/DB_Catalog_040715.pdf
AAV.Syn.GCaMP6.WPRE.SV40 AAV1, AAV5, AAV9. pAAV slow, medium, fast Neurons Penn http://www.med.upenn.edu/gtp/vectorcore/user_documents/DB_Catalog_040715.pdf
AAV.CaMKII.GCAMP6.WPRE.SV40 AAV1, AAV5, AAV9 slow, medium, fast Pyramidal neurons Penn http://www.med.upenn.edu/gtp/vectorcore/user_documents/DB_Catalog_040715.pdf
AAV.CaMKII.GCAMP6.WPRE.hGH AAV1 fast Pyramidal neurons Penn http://www.med.upenn.edu/gtp/vectorcore/user_documents/DB_Catalog_040715.pdf
AAV.GfaABC1D.cytoGCaMP6.SV40 AAV5 fast Glia Penn http://www.med.upenn.edu/gtp/vectorcore/user_documents/DB_Catalog_040715.pdf
Cre-inducible
Ca2+ Sensors 		Stereotypes Variants Target Vendor Website
AAV.CAG.Flex.GCaMP6 AAV1, AAV5, AAV9 slow, medium, fast Ubiquitous, Cre inducible Penn http://www.med.upenn.edu/gtp/vectorcore/user_documents/DB_Catalog_040715.pdf
AAV.Syn.Flex.GCaMP6 AAV1, AAV5, AAV9 slow, medium, fast Neurons, Cre inducible Penn http://www.med.upenn.edu/gtp/vectorcore/user_documents/DB_Catalog_040715.pdf