scholarly journals High-resolution in vivo imaging of mouse brain through the intact skull

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (30) ◽  
pp. 9236-9241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Hoon Park ◽  
Wei Sun ◽  
Meng Cui

Multiphoton microscopy is the current method of choice for in vivo deep-tissue imaging. The long laser wavelength suffers less scattering, and the 3D-confined excitation permits the use of scattered signal light. However, the imaging depth is still limited because of the complex refractive index distribution of biological tissue, which scrambles the incident light and destroys the optical focus needed for high resolution imaging. Here, we demonstrate a wavefront-shaping scheme that allows clear imaging through extremely turbid biological tissue, such as the skull, over an extended corrected field of view (FOV). The complex wavefront correction is obtained and directly conjugated to the turbid layer in a noninvasive manner. Using this technique, we demonstrate in vivo submicron-resolution imaging of neural dendrites and microglia dynamics through the intact skulls of adult mice. This is the first observation, to our knowledge, of dynamic morphological changes of microglia through the intact skull, allowing truly noninvasive studies of microglial immune activities free from external perturbations.

2013 ◽  
Vol 200 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mini Jose ◽  
Sylvain Tollis ◽  
Deepak Nair ◽  
Jean-Baptiste Sibarita ◽  
Derek McCusker

Formation of a stable polarity axis underlies numerous biological processes. Here, using high-resolution imaging and complementary mathematical modeling we find that cell polarity can be established via the spatial coordination of opposing membrane trafficking activities: endocytosis and exocytosis. During polarity establishment in budding yeast, these antagonistic processes become apposed. Endocytic vesicles corral a central exocytic zone, tightening it to a vertex that establishes the polarity axis for the ensuing cell cycle. Concomitantly, the endocytic system reaches an equilibrium where internalization events occur at a constant frequency. Endocytic mutants that failed to initiate periodic internalization events within the corral displayed wide, unstable polarity axes. These results, predicted by in silico modeling and verified by high resolution in vivo studies, identify a requirement for endocytic corralling during robust polarity establishment.


Nano Research ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 2239-2245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiulei Shi ◽  
Song Chen ◽  
Meng-Yao Luo ◽  
Biao Huang ◽  
Guozhen Zhang ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 2705-2710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Qin ◽  
Pengfei Zhang ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Jacky W. Y. Lam ◽  
Yuanjing Cai ◽  
...  

A successful strategy for the design of ultrabright red luminogens with aggregation-induced emission (AIE) features is reported. The AIE dots can be utilized as efficient fluorescent probes for in vivo deep-tissue imaging with high penetration depth and high contrast.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sorah Yoon ◽  
John Rossi

Imaging is not only seeing, but also believing. For targeted imaging modalities, nucleic acid aptamers have features such as superior recognition of structural epitopes and quick uptake in target cells. This explains the emergence of an evolved new class of aptamers into a wide spectrum of imaging applications over the last decade. Genetically encoded biosensors tagged with fluorescent RNA aptamers have been developed as intracellular imaging tools to understand cellular signaling and physiology in live cells. Cancer-specific aptamers labeled with fluorescence have been used for assessment of clinical tissue specimens. Aptamers conjugated with gold nanoparticles have been employed to develop innovative mass spectrometry tissue imaging. Also, use of chemically conjugated cancer-specific aptamers as probes for non-invasive and high-resolution imaging has been transformative for in vivo imaging in multiple cancers.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 327-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tasneem Z. Khatib ◽  
Paul A.R. Meyer ◽  
Jed Lusthaus ◽  
Ilya Manyakin ◽  
Yusuf Mushtaq ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feliks Kogan ◽  
Mohammad Haris ◽  
Anup Singh ◽  
Kejia Cai ◽  
Catherine Debrosse ◽  
...  

Ophthalmology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Kriechbaum ◽  
Matthias Bolz ◽  
Gabor G. Deak ◽  
Sonja Prager ◽  
Christoph Scholda ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 426-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Stark ◽  
Bertram Manz ◽  
Alexander Ehlers ◽  
Markus Küppers ◽  
Iris Riemann ◽  
...  

The Analyst ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 139 (10) ◽  
pp. 2312-2317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanghao Hu ◽  
Lu Wei ◽  
Chaogu Zheng ◽  
Yihui Shen ◽  
Wei Min

High-resolution imaging of choline metabolites in living mammalian cells, primary neurons andC. eleganshas been demonstrated with the potential forin vivodisease detection and developmental monitoring.


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