This work was supported by the NIDA Intramural Research Program (Bruce T. Hope, Yavin Shaham). F.J.R. was supported by an appointment to the NIDA Research Participation Program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, and received additional financial support from a Becas-Chile scholarship managed by CONICYT and the Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile. The Johns Hopkins FACS Core facility was supported by Award P30AR053503 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institute of Health.

所有实验均按照健康指南全国学院的机构动物护理和使用委员会（IACUC）的护理和使用实验动物16进行。 注意:下面使用低结合离心管的所有步骤都保持在冰上，除非另有指定。 1.准备组织收集前<ol><li>离心机设置为4℃。 </li><li>火抛光具有大约1.3递减的直径，0.8和0.4毫米每个样品一组三个玻璃巴斯德移液管。 </li><li>准备含1毫升冷缓冲液A标1.7毫升管和保持管冰。 </li><li>制备含有脑切片矩阵，刮刀和其上以执行清扫玻璃板（或倒玻璃培养皿）的冰盘。预寒意两个或多个刀片上的玻璃板和使用组织纸晾干触及的T所有的仪器问题。 </li><li>解冻在室温（RT）处理30分钟组织收集前的酶溶液。 </li></ol> 2.组织收集和解剖<ol><li>发起组织收集前的行为和药物治疗90分钟。 注:对于这里示出的结果，5毫克/公斤的甲基苯丙胺对一种新的环境（测试条件）和幼稚大鼠大鼠急性腹膜内注射保持在它们的饲养笼（对照条件）进行。 </li><li>通过将其放置饱和异氟醚玻璃干燥器罐子麻醉大鼠和斩首大鼠30 - 60秒后用断头台。 用剪刀去除头部皮肤和肌肉，暴露颅骨。用咬骨钳切割颅骨和开拓枕骨大孔，取出头骨后面的部分。使用骨钳沿头骨的顶边切割以暴露脑。小心不要损伤大脑。使用小铲下轻轻舀Ð提高大脑。提高大脑和切断的神经，直到大脑是免费的17。 </li><li>使用刀片解剖组织。 注:获得使用以下两种方法的组织样本:（2.3.1）新鲜解剖组织; （2.3.2）解剖后冷冻的组织;或（2.3.3）组织冷冻冷冻全脑解剖。保持大脑切片矩阵，刀片和玻璃干板整个解剖和切碎流程作为的冷凝水可能会导致细胞的裂解低渗。使用放大镜，以确保准确的解剖。 <ol><li>对于新鲜解剖组织，将新鲜榨取的大脑已在冰上冷却大脑切片矩阵（大鼠脑形金属模具在1mm间隔的刀片插槽）。插入两个或更多个预冷刀片到槽切割包含所关注的脑区域（多个）冠状切片。放置在冷冻玻璃板切割片。 注:解剖大脑区域选择性对冷冻玻璃板兴趣纳秒。 </li><li>解剖后冷冻组织，从新鲜提取脑，类似于2.3.1上述切​​片解剖感兴趣的脑区域（多个）。放置解剖组织成微管并通过浸没在-40°异戊烷微管，持续20秒快速冷冻组织。保存在-80ºC冷冻，直到进一步的处理在任何时候都冻结解剖组织。 </li><li>对于冰冻组织，立即冻结在-40ºC异戊烷和储存在密封的袋子在-80ºC新鲜提取大脑长达6个月。 <ol><li>上解剖当天，将冷冻的脑在设定为约一低温恒温器-20℃（不超过华氏-18℃）约2小时，达到平衡的温度。 注:大脑可以很容易地在此温度下进行切割，而冷得多的温度使大脑太脆安全地切割。 </li><li>使用刀片切1 - 2毫米冠状切片冷冻大脑在低温恒温器。使用钝12至16号针头，以获得冷冻条件下，从这些切片组织拳。始终保持冷冻，直到进一步的处理解剖组织。 </li></ol></li></ol></li><li>添加1 - 缓冲液A 2滴切碎之前覆盖解剖组织。从使用两个刀片以防止磨碎处理的其余部分中的神经元损失的组织去除大部分的白质。如果与冷冻组织开始，然后允许组织向施加缓冲液A溶液之前在冷玻璃板解冻时间不超过1分钟。 </li><li>剁碎的组织在每个正交方向上的100倍以上的冷却玻璃板的剃刀刀片。切碎当握住刀片垂直于玻璃板。 注:彻底剁碎是所有协议的步骤至关重要。 </li><li>使用刀片的切碎的组织转移到含有1ml冷缓冲液A的倒置管3的离心管 - 5次使电机EP中的解决方案的所有组织糜。 </li></ol> 3.细胞分离注:使用温和的结束比上年末为以下所有步骤的混合。不要使用旋涡混合器，避免气泡造成的细胞损伤。 <ol><li>离心样品管在110 XG 2分钟，4ºC。弃上清。慢慢加入1毫升冷的刚解冻的酶溶液（含有蛋白水解酶的​​混合物）下微管的内壁。立即吸了整个颗粒和轻轻地用中等大小的尖端直径吸管吸取上下只有4次驱散组织糜颗粒。 </li><li>立即倒置微管，以防止粘附于底部的沉淀，并在4℃孵育与最终过端混合样品30分钟</li><li>酶组织消化后，离心机在4ºC960 XG 2分钟管子。除去上清液，加入0.6毫升冷的缓冲液A.立即出现的加入缓冲液A后Y，使用相同的枪头驱散颗粒通过吸了整个颗粒和吸管轻轻向上和向下的5倍。 </li><li>机械磨碎消化的组织，并在使用以下步骤15ml试管收集。对于每个样本，使用一套独立的3火抛光的玻璃巴斯德移液器降直径附着乳胶泡约1.3，0.8和0.4毫米。 <ol><li>轻轻磨碎每个样品与1.3毫米的玻璃吸移管的10倍。让样品静置2分钟在冰上（碎片和未离解的细胞将沉淀在底部）。收集上清液（〜0.6mL）中，并转移到15毫升锥形管（管＃1）。 </li><li>添加0.6毫升缓冲液中的溶液，以剩余的粒料。磨碎样品与0.8毫米的玻璃吸移管的10倍。让样品静置在冰上2分钟。收集上清液（〜0.6mL）中，并转移到同一的15毫升锥形管＃1。 </li><li>加入0.6毫升缓冲液的溶液将剩余PELLE吨。磨碎样品与0.4毫米的玻璃吸移管的10倍。让样品静置在冰上2分钟。收集上清液（〜0.6毫升;不接触与非解离的细胞沉淀），并转移到相同的15毫升锥形管＃1。 注意:保持0.4毫米直径的吸管在管＃1以下研磨步骤。 </li><li>重复步骤3.4.3三次用最小玻璃吸管（〜0.4mm直径），并且收集上清液到一个单独的15毫升锥形管（管＃2）。 </li><li>磨碎在管＃1和＃2所收集的细胞悬浮液，使用0.4毫米的玻璃吸移管10次以上，并保持在冰上。 </li></ol></li></ol> 4.细胞固定和透<ol><li>加入800微升100％的冷乙醇准备（从管＃2单元两个微管从管＃1单元和两个），每个样品4微管（储存在使用前-20℃）每管，并让他们在冰。注意:最终乙醇浓度为50％。 </li><li>吸取〜800微升细胞悬浮液（从管＃1和＃管2）到每个含冷乙醇的4管和颠倒管混匀样品。 </li><li>在冰上孵育管15分钟，同时反相，每5分钟的管中。 </li><li>固定/透化后，离心管1700 xg离心在4ºC4分钟并弃上清。离开50微升的溶液，以防止细胞的损失。 注:在此阶段的粒料是白色和粘比透以前少在管子的壁上。因此，小心地取出上清液通过触摸微管的管壁里没有颗粒和制定上清慢慢用微量。 </li></ol> 5.细胞过滤<ol><li>重悬来自步骤4.4用冷PBS将粒料如下: <ol><li>添加550微升冷PBS的两个微管，从管＃1来的一个，并使用适度大直径圆周佩特笔尖轻轻吸取细胞悬液上下5次。重复相同的一个微管由管＃2的到来。 </li><li>从管＃1细胞，使用相同的移液管，所述第一细胞悬浮液转移到第二沉淀。轻轻吹打组合的细胞悬液上下5次重悬第二沉淀。 </li><li>从管＃2细胞，重悬，并结合在5.1.2中描述的颗粒（ 即，第三和第四微管）。 </li></ol></li><li>过滤来自分别使用两种不同的对细胞滤器（100微米和40微米孔径大小）如下步骤5.1.2和5.1.3两种细胞悬浮液: <ol><li>预湿通过加入PBS至过滤器的内侧的每个细胞过滤。使用移液管从过滤器的外侧除去过量的PBS中。 </li><li>移液器步骤5.1.2细胞悬浮液均匀涂抹于100微米孔径的第一个细胞过滤。收集在冰上的50ml管中的流通。使用PI佩特收集液流 - 通过附着在细胞过滤的外侧底部。 </li><li>使用相同的移液管的流动通从100微米的细胞滤网转移到40微米的细胞滤网。收集在冰上另外50毫升管此流过。当40微米的细胞过滤通过传输流，切换到新的枪头，以避免从100微米的细胞过滤污染。 </li><li>重复这些步骤步骤5.1.3细胞悬液采用一套新的过滤器。 </li></ol></li><li>从每个样品结合两种流过为每个样品约1ml的最终体积。 </li></ol> 6.孵化与抗体注:使用脑细胞悬液的小等分，为运行主样本之前，适当的流式细胞仪的设置设置准备多个对照样品。对于每个抗体标记，准备对照样品，其中包括没有抗体，只有本身condary抗体（或其他荧光标记），然后一次和二次抗体（或其他荧光标签）。使用这些控件设置单独与特定的流式细胞仪的非特异性标记的大门。如果可能的话，使用不要求赔偿的荧光。加入第一抗体之前加入的PBS增加选通控制样品的700微升最终体积的最终体积。 <ol><li>通过过滤的细胞的100微升样品转移至1.7毫升微管制备光散射和DAPI对照样品。添加600微升冷PBS与1微克/毫升的DAPI对细胞核染色。孵育10分钟终过端的混​​合，并通过流过流式细胞仪之前清洗（如在步骤6.4.2至6.4.5表示）。 注:此示例只用于设置之前在FACS机器分拣剩余细胞的细胞/细胞核栅极。 </li><li>通过转让100＆＃制备单免疫标记对照样品181;微升过滤细胞对一个1.7毫升微型管。添加600微升冷PBS与一种抗体（ 例如，的NeuN抗体）。添加600微升冷PBS到与另一种抗体（ 例如，Fos抗体）微管。添加相应的二级抗体，如果它不是一直接缀合的初级抗体。 注意:这些样品被用来确定相应的光电倍增管（PMT）的电压，并在必要时，以评估两种荧光信号的重叠。抗体浓度应该滴定，以达到最佳的信号 - 噪声比中的所有信道。重叠的荧光信号，也可以通过流式细胞仪内不同的荧光通道的内部校准补偿。 </li><li>通过将100μl过滤的细胞转移到一个1.7毫升微型管制备双荧光标记的阴性对照样品。添加600微升冷PBS单独用二抗或IgG直接缀合的初级抗体。 注:氏与S样品可以进行排序，以确定每个荧光背景荧光之前使用每一次。 </li><li>制备主要样本进行排序。 <ol><li>转移700微升过滤细胞成1.7毫升微型管。加7微升（1:100）主Fos抗体的直接缀合的Alexa Fluor 647（抗的Fos-AF647）和1.4微升（1:500）初级的NeuN抗体的直接缀合到藻红蛋白（抗的NeuN-PE）。在4ºC与最终过端混合孵育管30分钟。 </li><li>在孵育结束时，加入800微升冷PBS到每个微管，包括主样品和对照样品，并通过倒置混合。 </li><li>微管离心在4ºC1300 XG 3分钟。弃去上清液，留下50微升上清液，以防止细胞的损失。 </li><li> 1毫升冷PBS添加到使用移液管有一个中等大小的顶端直径的颗粒和重悬细胞。 </li><li>离心机在4ºC1300 XG 3分钟。 ðiscard上清液。 </li><li>重悬在500微升冷PBS丸粒（调节终体积取决于颗粒的大小）。 </li><li>转移和悬浮液用细胞过滤网帽（40微米）过滤到圆底FACS样品管中。保持冰的免疫标记细胞和立即执行FACS。注意:对于过滤，垂直触及滤网盖枪头，并通过它推动细胞悬液。 </li></ol></li><li>设置流式细胞仪使用对照样品门。 <ol><li>使用光散射和DAPI控制样品从事件总数和细胞碎片识别神经元细胞群。 注:本制剂细胞体只有1 - 总的事件（其余的都是碎片和破碎的细胞过程）的2％。基于DAPI的荧光信号（指示核）和前向散射（小区大小），可以找到向后基于所述前向和侧向细胞体和栅极光散射特性将细胞（ 如图1的A，B）。 </li><li>使用单免疫标记对照样品，以确定PMT电压设定，并分析排放溢出从一个特定的荧光染料进入另一个过滤器/通道（ 如的Alexa Fluor 488 / FITC或藻红蛋白）。如果荧光信号重叠，通过手动调节薪酬水平纠正重叠。 </li><li>使用双荧光标记的阴性对照来建立阈值的正的人口。 注意:从该样品来的信号被认为是由于自体荧光和位于高于该阈值的主要试样的细胞可以被认为是阳性。通常情况下，用于排序的阈值的参数是更严格的，并大致标记的细胞的阴性对照以上的顶部2/3实际上排序。 </li></ol></li><li>排序由FACS主要样本的神经元到1.7毫升微管。收集细胞于50微升RNA的提取液。排序，涡旋并离心管并通过上下抽吸10次来恢复所有分选的细胞，从该管的壁混合该悬浮液后。 </li><li>孵育在42ºC的分选的细胞悬浮液30分钟，以确保所有的细胞之前，提取RNA裂解，然后在2,800 xg离心在4ºC离心2分钟。 </li><li>将上清转移到长期存储的无RNase的管中，在-80ºC或立即处理用于RNA分离，cDNA合成，靶基因的预扩增和qPCR样品，如先前13-15所述。 </li></ol>

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FACS可用于从新鲜或冷冻的成人脑组织的神经元和其他细胞类型进行排序。如在引言中提到的，使用冷冻组织的能力允许从已经历复杂和长期行为的程序，如在成瘾研究自我施用和复发的研究的动物样品的最佳利用。这些行为过程通常需要1 - 2小时或更长的时间，并且要求所有动物（10 - 20个）上13,18在同一天进行测试。它需要〜4小时处理4新鲜解剖脑组织样本，其包括脑解剖，细胞解离，?...

学习过程中，动物形成复台高度特异性的刺激之间的关联。此高分辨率信息被认为是由稀疏分布的神经元称为神经合奏特定图案内的改变进行编码。神经乐团最近已确定了的立即早期基因（即早基因）如Fos的 ， 圆弧和Zif268及其蛋白质产物在神经元的行为或线索暴露在强烈激活的诱导。 fos基因表达的神经元尤其已经示出在背景和线索特定习得行为1-4发挥因果作用。因此，这些被激活的Fos表达神经元内独特的分子neuroadaptations是编码了解到，在正常的学习和正常的学习障碍形成的协会，如成瘾和创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）5的神经机制的热门人选。 荧光李宗红激活细胞分选（FACS）最近允许的Fos蛋白表达的神经元内独特的分子neuroadaptations分析。流式细胞术和细胞分选在1960 6,7被开发根据它们的光散射和免疫特征来表征和分离细胞，并且早已在免疫学和癌症研究中使用。然而流式细胞仪和FACS需要解离的单细胞难以从成人脑组织得到。 FACS最早是用来分离和分析绿色荧光蛋白（GFP）-expressing从没有要求抗体标记8,9转基因小鼠纹状体神经元。我们开发了一种基于抗体的FACS方法10来隔离并在的Fos表达由药物和/或暗示在野生型动物中11-15激活的神经元评估分子改变。在该方法中，神经元被标以对一般的神经元标记物的NeuN的抗体，而强烈激活的神经元标记与抗Fos蛋白的抗体。虽然我们最初的方法所要求达到10只，每个样品新鲜组织池，该协议的后续修改允许从单个老鼠13-15的Fos表达神经元和定量聚合酶链反应（定量PCR）分立的大脑区域的分析，流式细胞仪分离。总体而言，在Fos蛋白表达的成瘾研究12,14,15各种上下文和提示激活行为的过程中激活的神经元中发现独特的分子变化。 与新鲜组织进行的FACS的一个主要的后勤问题是，它需要一整天以解离通过FACS组织和处理。此外，只有大约四个样品每天可处理。这通常意味着只有一个大脑区域可从各脑进行评估和剩余的脑区域都被丢弃。这对于低吞吐量行为程序，如自我施用和消光TRAI一个主要问题宁认为需要手术治疗和强化训练几个星期。此外，在测试当天长期和复杂的行为过程使得难以在同一天进行的FACS。这将是一个显著优点是能够从动物行为测试后，立即冻结的大脑，然后在研究者的选择的不同的时间从一个或多个脑区域隔离的Fos表达神经元。 在这里，我们证明，我们的FACS协议可以用于分离从新鲜和冷冻的脑组织的Fos表达神经元（和其它细胞类型）。作为一个例子，我们分离的Fos表达后急性注射甲基苯丙胺，并从幼稚大鼠不打针（对照条件）从纹状体神经元。然而，该FACS协议可以按照任何行为或药物治疗中使用。我们的样品的后续的qPCR分析表明，从这些类型的细胞的基因表达可以与西米进行评估从新鲜和冷冻组织征地拆迁的效率。

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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;width:455px;">Brain matrix</td>
			<td style="width:191px;">CellPoint Scientific</td>
			<td style="width:241px;">69-2160-1</td>
			<td style="width:388px;">to obtain coronal brain slices</td>
		</tr>
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			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Hibernate A low fluorescence&#160;</td>
			<td>Brain Bits</td>
			<td>HA-lf&#160;</td>
			<td>Buffer A&#39; in the protocol is used for processing tissue and cells from the dissociation to fixation steps</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Accutase&#160;</td>
			<td>Millipore</td>
			<td>SCR005</td>
			<td>Enzyme solution&#39; in the protocol is used for enzymatic digestion of tissue prior to trituration</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Protein LoBind Tube 1.5 mL, PCR clean</td>
			<td>Eppendorf</td>
			<td>22431081</td>
			<td>to prevent cell lost during the protocol</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Cell Strainer, 40 &#181;m</td>
			<td>BD Falcon</td>
			<td>352340</td>
			<td>to filter cell suspension</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Cell Strainer, 100 &#181;m</td>
			<td>BD Falcon</td>
			<td>352360</td>
			<td>to filter cell suspension</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Falcon 5 ml round-bottom polystyrene test tube with cell strainer snap cap</td>
			<td>BD Bioscience</td>
			<td>352235</td>
			<td>to filter cell suspension before passing though the flow cytometer</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Pasteur Pipet, Glass</td>
			<td>NIH supply</td>
			<td>6640-00-782-6008</td>
			<td>to do tissue trituration</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Milli-Mark Anti-NeuN-PE, Clone A60 (mouse monoclonal) antibody</td>
			<td>EMD Millipore</td>
			<td>FCMAB317PE</td>
			<td>antibody to detect neurons</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Phospho-c-Fos (Ser32) (D82C12) XP Rabbit (Alexa Fluor 647 Conjugate)&#160;</td>
			<td>Cell Signaling Technology&#160;</td>
			<td>8677</td>
			<td>antibody to detect Fos-expressing cells</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">DAPI</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>D8417</td>
			<td>to label nuclei</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">PicoPure RNA Isolation Kit</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>KIT0204</td>
			<td>The kit includes the RNA extraction buffer for step 6.14. It is used to collect sorted cells</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Superscript III first strand cDNA synthesis system</td>
			<td>Invitrogen</td>
			<td>18080-051</td>
			<td>to synthesize cDNA from RNA</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">TaqMan PreAmp Master Mix</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>4391128</td>
			<td>to do targeted-preamplification from cDNA</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">TaqMan Advance Fast Master&#160;</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>4444963</td>
			<td>to do PCR using TaqMan probes</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Fos TaqMan probe</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>Rn00487426_g1</td>
			<td>TaqMan probe/primers</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">NeuN TaqMan probe</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>CACTCCAACAGCGTGAC</td>
			<td>nucleotide sequence for neuronal gene marker</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">NeuN Forward primer</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>GGCCCCTGGCAGAAAGTAG</td>
			<td>nucleotide sequence for neuronal gene marker</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">NeuN Reverse primer</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>TTCCCCCTGGTCCTTCTGA</td>
			<td>nucleotide sequence for neuronal gene marker</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Gfap TaqMan probe</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>Rn00566603_m1</td>
			<td>TaqMan probe/primers for astrocityc gene marker</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">iba-1 TaqMan probe</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>Rn00574125_g1</td>
			<td>TaqMan probe/primers for microglya gene marker</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Gapdh TaqMan probe</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>CTCATGACCACAGTCCA</td>
			<td>nucleotide sequence for reference/housekeeping gene</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Gapdh Forward primer</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>GACAACTTTGGCATCGTGGAA</td>
			<td>nucleotide sequence for reference/housekeeping gene</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Gapdh Reverse primer</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>CACAGTCTTCTGAGTGGCAGTGA</td>
			<td>nucleotide sequence for reference/housekeeping gene</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">Oligo2 TaqMan probe</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>Rn01767116_m1&#160;</td>
			<td>TaqMan probe/primers for oligodendrocytic gene marker</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">P1000 pipettor</td>
			<td>Rainin</td>
			<td>17014382</td>
			<td>It is refered to as the pipette with a large tip diameter in steps 3.1 and 3.3 for mild tissue trituration and step 6.7 to resuspend cells</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">7500 Fast Real-time PCR system</td>
			<td>Applied Biosystems.</td>
			<td>446985</td>
			<td>for quantitative PCR</td>
		</tr>
		<tr height="21">
			<td height="21" style="height:21px;">FACSAria I Cell Sorter</td>
			<td>BD Biosciences</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>for FACS sorting</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
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fluorescence activated cell sorting (facs) and gene expression analysis of fos-expressing neurons from fresh and frozen rat brain tissue

神经可塑性和习得行为的分子变化的研究是从全脑区的研究转向的稀疏分布激活的神经元称为介导学协会神经歌舞团特定集合的研究。荧光活化细胞分选（FACS）最近已经成年大鼠脑组织进行了优化，并允许使用抗神经元的NeuN标记和Fos蛋白，强烈地激活的神经元的标志物激活的神经元的隔离。到现在为止，Fos蛋白表达的神经元和其他细胞类型，从新鲜组织，从而享有很长的处理天脑样品的允许号码非常有限的冗长和复杂的行为过程之后进行评估隔离。在这里，我们发现，Fos蛋白表达来自背侧纹状体神经元和Fos蛋白的mRNA产率分别为新鲜解剖组织和组织在-80ºC冷冻3之间相似- 21天。另外，我们证实了表型所述的NeuN阳性和的NeuN阴性分选的细胞通过神经元的评估基因表达的（ 的NeuN），星形细胞（GFAP），少突胶质细胞（Oligo2）和microgial（Iba1）标记物，这表明冷冻组织也可用于的FACS分离的神经胶质细胞类型。总体而言，它是可以收集，解剖和冷冻多个FACS会话脑组织。这最大化从有价值动物受试者已经经常发生长和复杂的行为过程获得的数据量。

急性注射甲基苯丙胺后排序从单只新鲜和冷冻背侧纹状体组织的Fos阳性和Fos蛋白阴性神经元。 上述方案用于甲基苯丙胺（5毫克/千克）的腹膜内注射后从单个的大鼠背侧纹状体90分钟的Fos阳性和Fos蛋白阴性的神经元进行排序。在他们的家笼幼稚大鼠用作对照。背其集合（新鲜组织）或被冷冻并储存在-80ºC为1,7或21天之后进行处?...

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29.1K 次观看.  NIDA, NIH, DHHS. 在这里，我们提出了一个荧光活化细胞分选（FACS）协议来研究分子改建的Fos表达来自新鲜和冷冻的脑组织神经元歌舞团。使用冷冻组织可在多个会话许多脑区的FACS隔离，最大限度地利用宝贵的动物主题。 

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Double Fluorescence in situ Hybridization in Fresh Brain Sections

Here we describe a modified version of a double fluorescence in situ hybridization (dFISH) method optimized for detecting two mRNAs of interest in fresh frozen brain sections. Our group has successfully used this approach to study gene co-regulation. More specifically, we have used this dFISH method to explore the anatomical organization, neurochemical properties, and the impact of sensory experience in central sensory circuits, at single cell resolution. This protocol has been validated in brain tissue from mice, rats and songbirds but is expected to be easily adaptable to other vertebrate species, as well as to an array of non-neural tissues. In this film we provide a detailed demonstration of the main steps of this procedure.

Double Fluorescence in situ Hybridization in Fresh Brain Sections

This protocol involves a non-radioactive in-situ hybridization procedure that enables the simultaneous identification of two transcript species, at a single cell resolution, in thin sections of the vertebrate brain.

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Here we describe a modified version of a double fluorescence in situ hybridization (dFISH) method optimized for detecting two mRNAs of interest in fresh ...

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Optimized Analysis of DNA Methylation and Gene Expression from Small, Anatomically-defined Areas of the Brain

Exposure to diet, drugs and early life adversity during sensitive windows of life 1,2 can lead to lasting changes in gene expression that contribute to the display of physiological and behavioural phenotypes. Such environmental programming is likely to increase the susceptibility to metabolic, cardiovascular and mental diseases 3,4.
DNA methylation and histone modifications are considered key processes in the mediation of the gene-environment dialogue and appear also to underlay environmental programming 5. In mammals, DNA methylation typically comprises the covalent addition of a methyl group at the 5-position of cytosine within the context of CpG dinucleotides.
CpG methylation occurs in a highly tissue- and cell-specific manner making it a challenge to study discrete, small regions of the brain where cellular heterogeneity is high and tissue quantity limited. Moreover, because gene expression and methylation are closely linked events, increased value can be gained by comparing both parameters in the same sample.
Here, a step-by-step protocol (Figure 1) for the investigation of epigenetic programming in the brain is presented using the 'maternal separation' paradigm of early life adversity for illustrative purposes. The protocol describes the preparation of micropunches from differentially-aged mouse brains from which DNA and RNA can be simultaneously isolated, thus allowing DNA methylation and gene expression analyses in the same sample.

A streamlined workflow to study DNA methylation and gene expression changes upon early-life stress is shown. Starting from maternal separation of newborn mice and isolation of discrete brain tissues, we represent a protocol to simultaneously isolate DNA and RNA from brain tissue punches for subsequent bisulfite sequencing and RT-PCR analysis.

优化小，解剖定义的大脑区域的DNA甲基化和基因表达分析

Exposure to diet, drugs and early life adversity during sensitive windows of life 1,2 can lead to lasting changes in gene expression that contribute to ...

An Optimized Procedure for Fluorescence-activated Cell Sorting (FACS) Isolation of Autonomic Neural Progenitors from Visceral Organs of Fetal Mice

During development neural crest (NC)-derived neuronal progenitors migrate away from the neural tube to form autonomic ganglia in visceral organs like the intestine and lower urinary tract. Both during development and in mature tissues these cells are often widely dispersed throughout tissues so that isolation of discrete populations using methods like laser capture micro-dissection is difficult. They can however be directly visualized by expression of fluorescent reporters driven from regulatory regions of neuron-specific genes like Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). We describe a method optimized for high yields of viable TH+ neuronal progenitors from fetal mouse visceral tissues, including intestine and lower urogenital tract (LUT), based on dissociation and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). 
The Th gene encodes the rate-limiting enzyme for production of catecholamines. Enteric neuronal progenitors begin to express TH during their migration in the fetal intestine1 and TH is also present in a subset of adult pelvic ganglia neurons2-4 . The first appearance of this lineage and the distribution of these neurons in other aspects of the LUT, and their isolation has not been described. Neuronal progenitors expressing TH can be readily visualized by expression of EGFP in mice carrying the transgene construct Tg(Th-EGFP)DJ76Gsat/Mmnc1. We imaged expression of this transgene in fetal mice to document the distribution of TH+ cells in the developing LUT at 15.5 days post coitus (dpc), designating the morning of plug detection as 0.5 dpc, and observed that a subset of neuronal progenitors in the coalescing pelvic ganglia express EGFP. 
To isolate LUT TH+ neuronal progenitors, we optimized methods that were initially used to purify neural crest stem cells from fetal mouse intestine2-6. Prior efforts to isolate NC-derived populations relied upon digestion with a cocktail of collagenase and trypsin to obtain cell suspensions for flow cytometry. In our hands these methods produced cell suspensions from the LUT with relatively low viability. Given the already low incidence of neuronal progenitors in fetal LUT tissues, we set out to optimize dissociation methods such that cell survival in the final dissociates would be increased. We determined that gentle dissociation in Accumax (Innovative Cell Technologies, Inc), manual filtering, and flow sorting at low pressures allowed us to achieve consistently greater survival (&gt;70% of total cells) with subsequent yields of neuronal progenitors sufficient for downstream analysis. The method we describe can be broadly applied to isolate a variety of neuronal populations from either fetal or adult murine tissues.

An Optimized Procedure for Fluorescence-activated Cell Sorting FACS Isolation of Autonomic Neural Progenitors from Visceral Organs of Fetal Mice

An optimized procedure to purify neural crest-derived neuronal progenitors from fetal mouse tissues is described. This method takes advantage of expression from fluorescent reporter alleles to isolate discrete populations by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). The technique can be applied to isolate neuronal subpopulations throughout development or from adult tissues.

荧光激活细胞分选（FACS）自主神经祖细胞的分离，从胎鼠的内脏器官的优化程序

During development neural crest (NC)-derived neuronal progenitors migrate away from the neural tube to form autonomic ganglia in visceral organs like the ...

Laser Capture Microdissection of Enriched Populations of Neurons or Single Neurons for Gene Expression Analysis After Traumatic Brain Injury

Long-term cognitive disability after TBI is associated with injury-induced neurodegeneration in the hippocampus-a region in the medial temporal lobe that is critical for learning, memory and executive function.1,2 Hence our studies focus on gene expression analysis of specific neuronal populations in distinct subregions of the hippocampus. The technique of laser capture microdissection (LCM), introduced in 1996 by Emmert-Buck, et al.,3 has allowed for significant advances in gene expression analysis of single cells and enriched populations of cells from heterogeneous tissues such as the mammalian brain that contains thousands of functional cell types.4 We use LCM and a well established rat model of traumatic brain injury (TBI) to investigate the molecular mechanisms that underlie the pathogenesis of TBI. Following fluid-percussion TBI, brains are removed at pre-determined times post-injury, immediately frozen on dry ice, and prepared for sectioning in a cryostat. The rat brains can be embedded in OCT and sectioned immediately, or stored several months at -80 &deg;C before sectioning for laser capture microdissection. Additionally, we use LCM to study the effects of TBI on circadian rhythms. For this, we capture neurons from the suprachiasmatic nuclei that contain the master clock of the mammalian brain. Here, we demonstrate the use of LCM to obtain single identified neurons (injured and degenerating, Fluoro-Jade-positive, or uninjured, Fluoro-Jade-negative) and enriched populations of hippocampal neurons for subsequent gene expression analysis by real time PCR and/or whole-genome microarrays. These LCM-enabled studies have revealed that the selective vulnerability of anatomically distinct regions of the rat hippocampus are reflected in the different gene expression profiles of different populations of neurons obtained by LCM from these distinct regions. The results from our single-cell studies, where we compare the transcriptional profiles of dying and adjacent surviving hippocampal neurons, suggest the existence of a cell survival rheostat that regulates cell death and survival after TBI.

We describe how to use laser capture microdissection (LCM) to obtain enriched populations of hippocampal neurons or single neurons from frozen sections of the injured rat brain for subsequent gene expression analysis using quantitative real time PCR and/or whole-genome microarrays.

激光捕获显微切割的丰富种群的创伤性脑损伤后神经元或单个神经元的基因表达分析

Long-term cognitive disability after TBI is associated with injury-induced neurodegeneration in the hippocampus-a region in the medial temporal lobe that ...

RNA-Seq Analysis of Differential Gene Expression in Electroporated Chick Embryonic Spinal Cord

In ovo electroporation of the chick neural tube is a fast and inexpensive method for identification of gene function during neural development. Genome wide analysis of differentially expressed transcripts after such an experimental manipulation has the potential to uncover an almost complete picture of the downstream effects caused by the transfected construct. This work describes a simple method for comparing transcriptomes from samples of transfected embryonic spinal cords comprising all steps between electroporation and identification of differentially expressed transcripts. The first stage consists of guidelines for electroporation and instructions for dissection of transfected spinal cord halves from HH23 embryos in ribonuclease-free environment and extraction of high-quality RNA samples suitable for transcriptome sequencing. The next stage is that of bioinformatic analysis with general guidelines for filtering and comparison of RNA-Seq datasets in the Galaxy public server, which eliminates the need of a local computational structure for small to medium scale experiments. The representative results show that the dissection methods generate high quality RNA samples and that the transcriptomes obtained from two control samples are essentially the same, an important requirement for detection of differential expression genes in experimental samples. Furthermore, one example is provided where experimental overexpression of a DNA construct can be visually verified after comparison with control samples. The application of this method may be a powerful tool to facilitate new discoveries on the function of neural factors involved in spinal cord early development.

This video shows the basic steps for performing whole transcriptome analysis on dissected chick embryonic spinal cord samples after transfection with in ovo electroporation.

对基因差异表达的RNA序列中电穿孔鸡胚脊髓分析

In ovo electroporation of the chick neural tube is a fast and inexpensive method for identification of gene function during neural development. Genome ...

Analysis of Gene Expression Changes in the Rat Hippocampus After Deep Brain Stimulation of the Anterior Thalamic Nucleus

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery, targeting various regions of the brain such as the basal ganglia, thalamus, and subthalamic regions, is an effective treatment for several movement disorders that have failed to respond to medication. Recent progress in the field of DBS surgery has begun to extend the application of this surgical technique to other conditions as diverse as morbid obesity, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. Despite these expanding indications, little is known about the underlying physiological mechanisms that facilitate the beneficial effects of DBS surgery. One approach to this question is to perform gene expression analysis in neurons that receive the electrical stimulation. Previous studies have shown that neurogenesis in the rat dentate gyrus is elicited in DBS targeting of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus1. DBS surgery targeting the ATN is used widely for treatment refractory epilepsy. It is thus of much interest for us to explore the transcriptional changes induced by electrically stimulating the ATN. In this manuscript, we describe our methodologies for stereotactically-guided DBS surgery targeting the ATN in adult male Wistar rats. We also discuss the subsequent steps for tissue dissection, RNA isolation, cDNA preparation and quantitative RT-PCR for measuring gene expression changes. This method could be applied and modified for stimulating the basal ganglia and other regions of the brain commonly clinically targeted. The gene expression study described here assumes a candidate target gene approach for discovering molecular players that could be directing the mechanism for DBS.

The mechanism underlying the therapeutic effects of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery needs investigation. The methods presented in this manuscript describe an experimental approach to examine the cellular events triggered by DBS by analyzing the gene expression profile of candidate genes that can facilitate neurogenesis post DBS surgery.

基因表达的变化大鼠海马后，前丘脑核脑深部刺激分析

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery, targeting various regions of the brain such as the basal ganglia, thalamus, and subthalamic regions, is an effective ...

Using Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting to Examine Cell-Type-Specific Gene Expression in Rat Brain Tissue

The brain is comprised of four primary cell types including neurons, astrocytes, microglia and oligodendrocytes. Though they are not the most abundant cell type in the brain, neurons are the most widely studied of these cell types given their direct role in impacting behaviors. Other cell types in the brain also impact neuronal function and behavior via the signaling molecules they produce. Neuroscientists must understand the interactions between the cell types in the brain to better understand how these interactions impact neural function and disease. To date, the most common method of analyzing protein or gene expression utilizes the homogenization of whole tissue samples, usually with blood, and without regard for cell type. This approach is an informative approach for examining general changes in gene or protein expression that may influence neural function and behavior; however, this method of analysis does not lend itself to a greater understanding of cell-type-specific gene expression and the effect of cell-to-cell communication on neural function. Analysis of behavioral epigenetics has been an area of growing focus which examines how modifications of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) structure impact long-term gene expression and behavior; however, this information may only be relevant if analyzed in a cell-type-specific manner given the differential lineage and thus epigenetic markers that may be present on certain genes of individual neural cell types. The Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) technique described below provides a simple and effective way to isolate individual neural cells for the subsequent analysis of gene expression, protein expression, or epigenetic modifications of DNA. This technique can also be modified to isolate more specific neural cell types in the brain for subsequent cell-type-specific analysis.

The goal of this protocol is to use the fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) technique to sort specific types of neural cells for subsequent analysis of cell-type-specific gene expression, epigenetic markers, and or protein expression.

在大鼠脑组织用荧光活化细胞分选，以检查细胞类型特异性基因表达

The brain is comprised of four primary cell types including neurons, astrocytes, microglia and oligodendrocytes. Though they are not the most abundant ...

Isolation of Cerebral Capillaries from Fresh Human Brain Tissue

Understanding blood-brain barrier function under physiological and pathophysiological conditions is critical for the development of new therapeutic strategies that hold the promise to enhance brain drug delivery, improve brain protection, and treat brain disorders. However, studying the human blood-brain barrier function is challenging. Thus, there is a critical need for appropriate models. In this regard, brain capillaries isolated from human brain tissue represent a unique tool to study barrier function as close to the human in vivo situation as possible. Here, we describe an optimized protocol to isolate capillaries from human brain tissue at a high yield and with consistent quality and purity. Capillaries are isolated from fresh human brain tissue using mechanical homogenization, density-gradient centrifugation, and filtration. After the isolation, the human brain capillaries can be used for various applications including leakage assays, live cell imaging, and immune-based assays to study protein expression and function, enzyme activity, or intracellular signaling. Isolated human brain capillaries are a unique model to elucidate the regulation of the human blood-brain barrier function. This model can provide insights into central nervous system (CNS) pathogenesis, which will help the development of therapeutic strategies for treating CNS disorders.

Isolated brain capillaries from human brain tissue can be used as a preclinical model to study barrier function under physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Here, we present an optimized protocol to isolate brain capillaries from fresh human brain tissue.

新鲜人脑组织中毛细血管的分离

Understanding blood-brain barrier function under physiological and pathophysiological conditions is critical for the development of new therapeutic ...

Optimization of Laser-Capture Microdissection for the Isolation of Enteric Ganglia from Fresh-Frozen Human Tissue

The purpose of this method is to obtain high-integrity RNA samples from enteric ganglia collected from unfixed, freshly-resected human intestinal tissue using laser capture microdissection (LCM). We have identified five steps in the workflow that are crucial for obtaining RNA isolates from enteric ganglia with sufficiently high quality and quantity for RNA-seq. First, when preparing intestinal tissue, each sample must have all excess liquid removed by blotting prior to flattening the serosa as much as possible across the bottom of large base molds. Samples are then quickly frozen atop a slurry of dry ice and 2-methylbutane. Second, when sectioning the tissue, it is important to position cryomolds so that intestinal sections parallel the full plane of the myenteric plexus, thereby yielding the greatest surface area of enteric ganglia per slide. Third, during LCM, polyethylene napthalate (PEN)-membrane slides offer the greatest speed and flexibility in outlining the non-uniform shapes of enteric ganglia when collecting enteric ganglia. Fourth, for distinct visualization of enteric ganglia within sections, ethanol-compatible dyes, like Cresyl Violet, offer excellent preservation of RNA integrity relative to aqueous dyes. Finally, for the extraction of RNA from captured ganglia, we observed differences between commercial RNA extraction kits that yielded superior RNA quantity and quality, while eliminating DNA contamination. Optimization of these factors in the current protocol greatly accelerates the workflow and yields enteric ganglia samples with exceptional RNA quality and quantity.

The goal of this protocol is to obtain high-integrity RNA samples from enteric ganglia isolated from unfixed, freshly-resected human intestinal tissue using laser capture microdissection (LCM). This protocol involves preparing flash-frozen samples of human intestinal tissue, cryosectioning, ethanolic staining and dehydration, LCM, and RNA extraction.

激光捕获显微切割分离新鲜冷冻人体肠神经节的优化

The purpose of this method is to obtain high-integrity RNA samples from enteric ganglia collected from unfixed, freshly-resected human intestinal tissue ...

Primary Cell Culture of Purified GABAergic or Glutamatergic Neurons Established through Fluorescence-activated Cell Sorting

The overall goal of this protocol is to generate purified neuronal cultures derived from either GABAergic or glutamatergic neurons. Purified neurons can be cultured in defined media for 16 days in vitro and are amenable to any analyses typically performed on dissociated cultures, including electrophysiological, morphological and survival analyses. The major advantage of these cultures is that specific cell types can be selectively studied in the absence of complex external influences, such as those arising from glial cells or other neuron types. When planning experiments with purified cells, however, it is important to note that neurons strongly depend on glia-conditioned media for their growth and survival. In addition, glutamatergic neurons further depend on glia-secreted factors for the establishment of synaptic transmission. We therefore also describe a method for co-culturing neurons and glial cells in a non-contact arrangement. Using these methods, we have identified major differences between the development of GABAergic and glutamatergic neuronal networks. Thus, studying cultures of purified neurons has great potential for furthering our understanding of how the nervous system develops and functions. Moreover, purified cultures may be useful for investigating the direct action of pharmacological agents, growth factors or for exploring the consequences of genetic manipulations on specific cell types. As more and more transgenic animals become available, labeling additional specific cell types of interest, we expect that the protocols described here will grow in their applicability and potential.

This protocol describes a cell sorting based method for the purification and culture of fluorescent GABAergic or glutamatergic neurons from the neocortex and hippocampus of postnatal mice or rats.

荧光活化细胞分选建立纯化的 Gabaep 或谷胱甘肽神经元的原代细胞培养

The overall goal of this protocol is to generate purified neuronal cultures derived from either GABAergic or glutamatergic neurons. Purified neurons can ...