Fos Plume Worksheet: Quantified Protein Expression in Rat Brain

A dataset quantifying the spread of Fos protein expression from a fiber optic tip and measuring Fos protein levels in insula and orbitofrontal cortex sites. The data includes measurements from rats with ChR2, eYFP, and naive control conditions. It is a 751.3 KB XLSX file authored by Ileana Morales and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Quantify the spatial spread of Fos protein expression based on distance from a fiber optic tip.
• Compare Fos protein levels in specific brain regions (insula and OFC) across different experimental conditions.
• Analyze the effects of optogenetic stimulation (ChR2) versus control (eYFP, naive) on neural activity markers.

Strengths

• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• File size of 751.3 KB suggests a focused, manageable dataset for targeted analysis.
• Last update timestamp (2026-04-12) is provided.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Ileana Morales via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely contains experimental measurements from optogenetic and histological procedures in rats.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-12 19:09:30.