This work was supported by a research grant MOP 119271 to JMW by the Canadian Institute of Health Research. The authors would like to thank Ms. Yao Fang Tan for her outstanding technical assistance.

注：所有动物的程序符合比较医学系的多伦多大学的动物健康和福利的指导方针。 1.准备海马脑片<ol><li>消毒使用干高压釜以下仪器在125℃：手术刀手柄（＃3）（2），标准模式钳，大（1），小解剖剪（倾斜到另一侧）（1），微勺（勺子和平坦抹刀端）（1），微抹刀（圆形和圆角锥形端）（2）中，细画笔（1），火抛光的巴斯德吸液管（2），纱布正方形，2×2英寸（5）。 </li><li>当无菌的，把工具插入一个无菌容器中，并保持盖直至使用。立即解剖前，浸在70％的乙醇溶液的仪器。 </li><li>通过加入1ml培养基/孔，并存储该板在培养箱中在35℃的开始清扫程序之前准备一个6孔培养板培养插管次5％的CO 2。 </li></ol> 2.安排解剖工具在无菌层流罩<ol><li>喷层流罩，用70％的乙醇，并从醇除去灭菌解剖仪器。允许仪表干燥而搁置在无菌培养皿，以避免醇与解剖大脑组织之间的接触。 </li><li>存款5-7毫升的2个大型无菌培养皿消毒冰冷的解剖解决方案。一盘会放松并清洁头（脏），另一种用于冷却和冲洗舀出脑（清洁）。放置无菌滤纸的培养皿盖子解剖出脑之一。 </li><li>放置一个小的，无菌滤纸的小的培养皿盖子解剖出海马中的一个。存款3-5毫升消毒冰冷的解剖解决方案2小，无菌培养皿。一盘将举办挖出海马，一会的海马部分分离时持有的部分解剖显微镜下。 </li><li>由胶带一块无菌滤纸到切割阶段和安装无菌刀片准备组织斩波。湿用无菌解剖溶液的滤纸上。 </li><li>喷雾清洁生物袋用酒精，并将其放置在层流超净工作台。 </li></ol> 3.海马解剖<ol><li>喷P7只SD大鼠幼崽，用70％的乙醇的层流净化台的外面，并迅速用层流长凳里面大无菌手术剪刀斩首动物。让头部落入冰冷解剖溶液中的培养皿1。 </li><li>在培养皿中，冲洗过的血液，并迅速转移到头部灭菌滤纸，腹侧下来。 </li><li>使用手术刀，沿背表面在矢状面切割以暴露下面的头骨。切穿皮肤，但不是底层骨，这是软的，很容易穿透大鼠吨的他的年龄。抛开这种“脏”手术刀，也不对脑组织使用。 </li><li>用小剪刀剥离（角度到另一侧）和钳，切开颅骨沿颅骨矢状缝到前囟门，在那里的冠状缝被矢状缝垂直相交的头骨解剖点。使用镊子从头骨的中线拉头骨襟翼起来了。 </li><li>放置在脑的下侧，脑干下方的微勺，轻轻抬起脑出颅骨。提起大脑暴露视神经和嗅球脑基底表面。切开这些结构用小剪刀从头骨完全分离的大脑。删除和完整的大脑转移到含有冰冷的解剖解决方案等大型培养皿。 </li><li>使用微勺，大脑转移到含有无菌滤纸的小培养皿盖。用无菌巴斯德吸管，冲洗大脑用几滴DIS的secting的解决方案，以保持组织的湿润。 </li><li>使用“干净”的手术刀切开两半球分开。转让左半球背到大培养皿微勺子上下放置半球PIA一边为后续使用冰冷的解剖解决方案。 </li><li>查看面对内侧右半球和识别边缘穹窿，白质沿内侧缘海马的一个突出带。用无菌解剖刀，使通过穹窿矢状切，但照顾因为手术刀尖端仅0.5厘米将足以切割穹窿。 </li><li>使用2微抹刀，通过将右手抹刀上脑干和起吊上覆皮质与左手刮刀移除右半球第一海马。轻轻抬起皮质揭示海马侧脑室内侧面。白色曲线，伞端，现在应该是可见的。 </li><li>抹刀的曲率对准看台伞端的自命轻轻按下伞下铲。向左滑动锅铲，沿着喙，尾轴骑，然后抬起铲背的方向，除去海马。 </li><li>海马转移到第二小培养皿用冰冷的解剖溶液。重复左侧半球相同的步骤拆下左海马。 </li><li>用微型抹刀，仔细海马转移到组织菜刀阶段。排列它们相邻并彼此平行并垂直于斩波叶片的轴线。使用画笔来定位组织并在海马的顶部加几滴解剖溶液。 </li><li>削减400微米的切片组织没有停下来删除单个片（通常他们会不会坚持到刀片）。整个海马已被切断后，用画笔来的部分轻轻地转移到第二小的培养皿剥离的解决方案。 </li><li>根据广告issecting显微镜，仔细分离使用amicro，铲和画笔浮动片。 </li><li>取出预先准备好的培养板从培养箱并置于层流罩培养插管。 </li><li>使用火抛光的巴斯德吸管，吸取4-5片放入吸管和转移切片文化插入膜的顶面。接着，调整用画笔的定位和离开的各个部分，并培养插入物的边界之间的空间。 </li><li>用无菌巴斯德吸管，去除膜的顶面多余的解剖解决方案。 注：卸下解决方案避免将组织切片放入吸管。另外，使用常规的移液管（P200或P1000）用灭菌枪头慢慢消除解决方案。 </li><li>放置在培养板用含血清的培养基中，并在海马切片放回培养箱中在35℃和5％的CO 2。 注意：如果实验通话从多个动物产生的文化，彻底清洁夹层之间的层流洁净工作台。返回仪器酒精溶液，并更换所有培养皿，滤纸和之前第二清扫消毒刀片。 </li></ol> 4.饲养和维护器官切片<ol><li>饲料文化在无菌层流洁净工作台。 </li><li>执行部分培养后2天解剖的第一馈送。使用消毒的玻璃吸管吸出旧的培养基。 </li><li>使用无菌5毫升血清吸液管来加入1 ml新鲜，无菌的，含有血清的培养基的孔中。 </li><li>轻轻地取代文化插入和照顾，以消除可能已经膜表面之下形成的气泡。 </li><li>第一进给后，介质改变每隔一天。 </li></ol> 5.孵化组织切片与胸苷类似物标签​​新生神经元<ol><li>为了探讨成熟和整合齿状颗粒细胞在海马，孵化器官切片与胸苷类似物，如溴脱氧尿苷（尿嘧啶）或Chlorodeoxyuridine（CldU）。在这里，我们使用，因为在生理盐水中的溶解度较高的CldU。 </li><li> 3DIV后，对于10微克/ ml的终浓度加入1微升10毫克/毫升CldU原液在盐水到1ml培养基。如果BrdU的被使用，校正分子量的差异的浓度。与CldU添加培养基培养孔，并培育组织与CldU含培养基2小时，在35℃。 </li><li>以下2小时温育在35℃，除去含CldU培养基并用常规给送介质替换以恢复正常喂养时间表（上面概述的）。 </li></ol> 6.组织固定和存储<ol><li>建立的时间表用于施加处理和固定组织样品开始培养实验（图2B）之前。 </li> &lt;li&gt;在预定天后解剖，准备以下在实验室通风柜：含有10-50毫升烧杯4％多聚甲醛（PFA）在磷酸盐缓冲盐水（PBS）;空烧杯丢弃培养基;小镊子;和1000毫升吸管与一次性吸头。 </li><li>去除孵化室和转移培养板（S）到通风橱。倾斜单井板镶钳。接下来，用吸管去除培养基，并转移到处置烧杯中。倾斜培养板以一定角度，以帮助确保所有培养基被除去。 </li><li>散场时间删除介质一种文化板块。当媒体已被删除，加入1 ml 4％PFA的每培养孔和密封孔板封口膜。重复许多培养板作为必要和转移板到冰箱，在4℃下放置24小时。 </li><li> 24小时后，准备在通风橱下：10-50毫升烧杯含有0.1％叠氮化钠的PBS中;空烧杯丢弃PFA（遵守安全注意事项丢弃有毒物质时）;小镊子;和吸管一次性吸头千毫升。 </li><li>按照6.4中概述用于添加煤灰的方法，但添加1ml的PBS中与叠氮化钠代替。一旦完全转移，密封孔板供将来使用通过包装边缘封口膜，并在4℃下储存在冰箱中。 </li></ol> 7.组织切片的免疫组化<ol><li>执行组织使用振动切片。以下一系列步骤有助于最大限度地从器官型培养可用组织切片的产率。 注：紧随海马解剖和切片的电镀，所述组织的厚度为约400微米。然而，2-3周，在孵育室后，组织切片会开始变平，从而产生最后一节的150-300微米厚。 </li><li>准备好以下项目第培养组织：一个＃11手术刀B拉德和处理，含冰冷PBS，微解剖钳，和一个清洁的vibratome切割阶段装入组织的玻璃培养皿。 </li><li>使用解剖刀小心沿圆形刀片膜的周边切割，以便它可以从塑料插入件壳体上卸下。离开培养切片和手术刀之间的充足的空间。 </li><li>该分离插入膜转移到含PBS的培养皿。漂洗在PBS后，用钳子向膜转移到的vibratome安装阶段。 </li><li>接下来，用手术刀来消除周围的培养切片多余膜切掉多余的材料，以创造清洁的边缘。这个步骤将确保该膜是平坦的，可以很容易地粘附在切割表面。 </li><li>放置1-2滴粘合剂上的vibratome切割阶段和散布在偶数层用22克针。散布粘合剂为矩形形状具有平行于的vibratome的切割刀片的长边。执行此步骤快，以防止干燥的粘合剂。 </li><li>使用镊子包含海马切片修整膜转移至所述切割阶段，并轻轻地定位于胶膜，并确保没有气泡。 </li><li>作为强力胶干燥，用粘膜回的PBS含培养皿转移的vibratome阶段。制备的vibratome刀片和一个48孔平板含有叠氮化钠来存储组织切片。 </li><li>使用的vibratome生成器官切片组织和转移的30微米的部分，以一个48孔板含有叠氮化钠进行存储和随后的免疫组织化学染色。 </li><li>参阅预先存在用于免疫组化染色26,29协议。 </li></ol>

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以下CldU（或尿嘧啶）施用，施用药剂的时间轴可以被选择为目标时特定发育窗户新生儿DGCS。例如，一个假想的代理可以在第二星期后CldU注射，这是建议用未成熟的神经元是在发育阶段的GABA被去极化的年龄相一致时被应用。使用该协议的将来的研究可以适应的药理剂和暴露于“量体裁衣”的方法对感兴趣的具体的实验问题的窗口。 用于确定切片文化是产后神经研究的一个有?...

Adult neurogenesis in the mammalian hippocampus represents a remarkable example of the brain&#8217;s innate capacity for adaptability and plasticity. Dentate granule cells (DGCs) are generated from a renewable pool of neural progenitor cells in the hippocampal dentate gyrus, which is one of the two presently well-characterized neurogenic regions in the mammalian brain, and is thought to be particularly important for learning and memory. The hippocampus is part of the limbic system and has a deep location within the mammalian brain, which makes it a difficult target for precise pharmacological manipulation. Additionally, aberrant neurogenesis has been implicated in conditions, such as epilepsy, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, which has prompted interest in understanding the influence of various pharmacological agents during the maturation and survival of newborn neurons. The distinction between postnatal and adult neurogenesis is blurred and previous studies have shown that many features of in vivo neuronal development in the early postnatal period and adulthood are similar25. Here we emphasize postnatal neurogenesis and suggest possible applications to adult neurogenesis.
Organotypic slice cultures provide an efficient in vitro method for studying various physiological properties of the mammalian hippocampus. The value of slice cultures prepared from rodent brains can be summarized in three main qualities: 1) the protocol is straightforward and requires readily available materials; 2) slice cultures allow for pharmacological studies that eliminate complex variables such as the deep anatomic location of the hippocampus and circumvents the blood brain barrier1; and 3) the well characterized structure of the hippocampus and tri-synaptic circuit is preserved2. Previous investigators have used the organotypic hippocampal culture to study synaptic development and physiology3,4, gliogenesis5-7, ischemic brain damage8,9, neuroprotection and neurorepair10-12 as well as epilepsy13-15.The slice cultures could also provide a useful model system allowing for the monitoring of cell development in conjunction with labeling of cells with green fluorescent protein (GFP) or other vital markers.
Slice cultures have also been previously employed to study postnatal hippocampal neurogenesis16-19, but one important factor in the majority of these studies is the well-characterized degeneration that results from explanting tissue from adult animals after approximately 2 weeks in vitro20,21. For this reason, slice cultures are typically prepared from early post-natal (P5-P10) mice or rat pups, which utilizes the improved viability of early postnatal brain tissue for culturing22. While previous studies have shown that the early postnatal and adult hippocampus differ with regards to synaptic physiology and the expression of specific neuronal subtypes23,24, there is substantial conservation of the choreographed developmental program that newborn dentate granule cells proceed through during maturation25. Additionally, recent studies have suggested that the physiological characteristics of newborn DGCs in culture are very similar to immature neurons in the acute hippocampal slice preparation16.

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organotypic slice cultures for studies of postnatal neurogenesis

在这里，我们描述了使用器官切片培养技术研究海马神经发生产后的啮齿类动物的大脑的技术。该方法保持了海马的特征地形的形态，同时允许直接应用的药剂给显影海马齿状回。此外，切片培养物可维持4周，因此，允许一个研究新生儿颗粒神经元的成熟过程。切片培养允许有效药理操纵海马切片的同时排除复杂的变量，例如与海马的深解剖位置，以及血脑屏障的不确定性。由于这些原因，我们试图专门优化器官切片文化为产后神经研究。

确定是否器官培养物将适合于成年神经研究需要它们满足两个主要标准：1），该片段保持海马切片的特性形态学特征后10-21天内在体外 （DIV），和2），初生DGCS可以量化采用常用于成年神经研究标准的免疫组化技术。关于第一个标准， 图1A和1B突出保存海马形态。特征，如齿状回（DG），CA1和CA3地区是容易辨认。 对于第二准则， 图1C（</st...

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