diff --git a/src/roiextractors/extractors/nwbextractors/nwbextractors.py b/src/roiextractors/extractors/nwbextractors/nwbextractors.py
index 20fb3be6..00c0d5f1 100644
--- a/src/roiextractors/extractors/nwbextractors/nwbextractors.py
+++ b/src/roiextractors/extractors/nwbextractors/nwbextractors.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 try:
     from pynwb import NWBHDF5IO
-    from pynwb.ophys import TwoPhotonSeries
+    from pynwb.ophys import TwoPhotonSeries, OnePhotonSeries
 
     HAVE_NWB = True
 except ImportError:
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ def __init__(self, file_path: PathType, optical_series_name: Optional[str] = "Tw
         ----------
         file_path: str
             The location of the folder containing dataset.nwb file
-        optical_series_name: str (optional)
-            optical series to extract data from
+        optical_series_name: string, optional
+            The name of the optical series to extract data from.
         """
         ImagingExtractor.__init__(self)
         self._path = file_path
@@ -73,33 +73,34 @@ def __init__(self, file_path: PathType, optical_series_name: Optional[str] = "Tw
                 raise ValueError("No acquisitions found in the .nwb file.")
             self._optical_series_name = a_names[0]
 
-        self.two_photon_series = self.nwbfile.acquisition[self._optical_series_name]
-        assert isinstance(
-            self.two_photon_series, TwoPhotonSeries
-        ), "The optical series must be of type pynwb.TwoPhotonSeries"
+        self.photon_series = self.nwbfile.acquisition[self._optical_series_name]
+        valid_photon_series_types = [OnePhotonSeries, TwoPhotonSeries]
+        assert any(
+            [isinstance(self.photon_series, photon_series_type) for photon_series_type in valid_photon_series_types]
+        ), "The optical series must be of type pynwb.ophys.OnePhotonSeries or pynwb.ophys.TwoPhotonSeries."
 
         # TODO if external file --> return another proper extractor (e.g. TiffImagingExtractor)
-        assert self.two_photon_series.external_file is None, "Only 'raw' format is currently supported"
+        assert self.photon_series.external_file is None, "Only 'raw' format is currently supported"
 
         # Load the two video structures that TwoPhotonSeries supports.
         self._data_has_channels_axis = True
-        if len(self.two_photon_series.data.shape) == 3:
+        if len(self.photon_series.data.shape) == 3:
             self._num_channels = 1
-            self._num_frames, self._columns, self._num_rows = self.two_photon_series.data.shape
+            self._num_frames, self._columns, self._num_rows = self.photon_series.data.shape
         else:
             raise_multi_channel_or_depth_not_implemented(extractor_name=self.extractor_name)
 
         # Set channel names (This should disambiguate which optical channel)
-        self._channel_names = [i.name for i in self.two_photon_series.imaging_plane.optical_channel]
+        self._channel_names = [i.name for i in self.photon_series.imaging_plane.optical_channel]
 
         # Set sampling frequency
-        if hasattr(self.two_photon_series, "timestamps") and self.two_photon_series.timestamps:
-            self._sampling_frequency = 1.0 / np.median(np.diff(self.two_photon_series.timestamps))
-            self._imaging_start_time = self.two_photon_series.timestamps[0]
-            self.set_times(np.array(self.two_photon_series.timestamps))
+        if hasattr(self.photon_series, "timestamps") and self.photon_series.timestamps:
+            self._sampling_frequency = 1.0 / np.median(np.diff(self.photon_series.timestamps))
+            self._imaging_start_time = self.photon_series.timestamps[0]
+            self.set_times(np.array(self.photon_series.timestamps))
         else:
-            self._sampling_frequency = self.two_photon_series.rate
-            self._imaging_start_time = self.two_photon_series.fields.get("starting_time", 0.0)
+            self._sampling_frequency = self.photon_series.rate
+            self._imaging_start_time = self.photon_series.fields.get("starting_time", 0.0)
 
         # Fill epochs dictionary
         self._epochs = {}
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ def get_frames(self, frame_idxs: ArrayType, channel: Optional[int] = 0):
             slice_start = 0
             slice_stop = self.get_num_frames()
 
-        data = self.two_photon_series.data
+        data = self.photon_series.data
         frames = data[slice_start:slice_stop, ...].transpose([0, 2, 1])
 
         if isinstance(frame_idxs, int):
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ def get_video(self, start_frame=None, end_frame=None, channel: Optional[int] = 0
         start_frame = start_frame if start_frame is not None else 0
         end_frame = end_frame if end_frame is not None else self.get_num_frames()
 
-        video = self.two_photon_series.data
+        video = self.photon_series.data
         video = video[start_frame:end_frame].transpose([0, 2, 1])
         return video