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Features Of The Structure, Development, And Activity Of The Zebrafish Noradrenergic System Explored In New Crispr Transgenic Lines, Matthew J. Farrar, Kristine E. Kolkman, Joseph R. Fetcho

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The noradrenergic (NA) system of vertebrates is implicated in learning, memory, arousal, and neuroinflammatory responses, but is difficult to access experimentally. Small and optically transparent, larval zebrafish offer the prospect of exploration of NA structure and function in an intact animal. We made multiple transgenic zebrafish lines using the CRISPR/Cas9 system to insert fluorescent reporters upstream of slc6a2, the norepinephrine transporter gene. These lines faithfully express reporters in NA cell populations, including the locus coeruleus (LC), which contains only about 14 total neurons. We used the lines in combination with two‐photon microscopy to explore the structure and projections of the …