In vivo imaging of the integration and function of nigral grafts in clinical trials

Author(s):  
Marios Politis ◽  
Paola Piccini
2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Hermann ◽  
C. Torti ◽  
E.J. Fernández ◽  
P. Ahnelt ◽  
B. Považay ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (48) ◽  
pp. 7793-7812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kewen Lei ◽  
Qian Ma ◽  
Lin Yu ◽  
Jiandong Ding

In vivo imaging of biomedical hydrogels enables real-time and non-invasive visualization of the status of structure and function of hydrogels.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Willem Kleinovink ◽  
Laura Mezzanotte ◽  
Giorgia Zambito ◽  
Marieke F. Fransen ◽  
Luis J. Cruz ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 3758
Author(s):  
Balázs Nemes ◽  
Kata Bölcskei ◽  
Angéla Kecskés ◽  
Viktória Kormos ◽  
Balázs Gaszner ◽  
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Somatostatin receptor subtype 4 (SST4) has been shown to mediate analgesic, antidepressant and anti-inflammatory functions without endocrine actions; therefore, it is proposed to be a novel target for drug development. To overcome the species differences of SST4 receptor expression and function between humans and mice, we generated an SST4 humanized mouse line to serve as a translational animal model for preclinical research. A transposon vector containing the hSSTR4 and reporter gene construct driven by the hSSTR4 regulatory elements were created. The vector was randomly inserted in Sstr4-deficient mice. hSSTR4 expression was detected by bioluminescent in vivo imaging of the luciferase reporter predominantly in the brain. RT-qPCR confirmed the expression of the human gene in the brain and various peripheral tissues consistent with the in vivo imaging. RNAscope in situ hybridization revealed the presence of hSSTR4 transcripts in glutamatergic excitatory neurons in the CA1 and CA2 regions of the hippocampus; in the GABAergic interneurons in the granular layer of the olfactory bulb and in both types of neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex, piriform cortex, prelimbic cortex and amygdala. This novel SST4 humanized mouse line might enable us to investigate the differences of human and mouse SST4 receptor expression and function and assess the effects of SST4 receptor agonist drug candidates.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (19) ◽  
pp. eaaz3870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziwei Li ◽  
Qinrong Zhang ◽  
Shih-Wei Chou ◽  
Zachary Newman ◽  
Raphaël Turcotte ◽  
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Optical microscopy, owing to its noninvasiveness and subcellular resolution, enables in vivo visualization of neuronal structure and function in the physiological context. Optical-sectioning structured illumination microscopy (OS-SIM) is a widefield fluorescence imaging technique that uses structured illumination patterns to encode in-focus structures and optically sections 3D samples. However, its application to in vivo imaging has been limited. In this study, we optimized OS-SIM for in vivo neural imaging. We modified OS-SIM reconstruction algorithms to improve signal-to-noise ratio and correct motion-induced artifacts in live samples. Incorporating an adaptive optics (AO) module to OS-SIM, we found that correcting sample-induced optical aberrations was essential for achieving accurate structural and functional characterizations in vivo. With AO OS-SIM, we demonstrated fast, high-resolution in vivo imaging with optical sectioning for structural imaging of mouse cortical neurons and zebrafish larval motor neurons, and functional imaging of quantal synaptic transmission at Drosophila larval neuromuscular junctions.


2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Boverman ◽  
Xiaolei Shi ◽  
Victoria E. Cotero ◽  
Robert J. Filkins ◽  
Alok M. Srivastava ◽  
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