Name: whole animal perfusion fixation for rodents
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Эта работа финансировалась Центром нейронных коммуникационных технологий (CNCT), P41 Ресурсный Центр финансируется Национальным институтом биомедицинской визуализации и биоинженерии (NIBIB, P41 EB002030) и при поддержке Национального института здоровья (NIH).

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Дополнительные примечания для успешной операции: <ol><li> После того, мембрана нарушается, перед быстро, как гипоксия и гиперкапния начнет необратимые физиологические изменения, которые могут запутать последующего анализа. </li><li> Когда игла вводится и зажимается в месте, остаточное давление будет толкать кровь к основанию иглы (воспоминание). На самом деле, крупные животные могут активно высылать крови. Очень важно, чтобы кровь по крайней мере достигают основания иглы, чтобы избежать введения пузырьки воздуха, которые будут представлять препятствие для завершения перфузии. Если кровь не наблюдается у основания иглы, удалить иглу и заполнить буфер путем присоединения его к розетке порта перфузии установки. Как только буфер был проходить через наконечник, игла может быть вставлен в сердце. </li><li> Правильное размещение иглы в аорте является критической, она не должна достигать до дуги аорты. </li><li> Если несколько перфузии происходят не стоит то установки с самого начала каждый раз. Пользователь должен иметь соответствующие объемы для буфера и фиксирующий в каждой бутылке (200mls животных / решения). Бутылки можно пополнить в случае необходимости. Самый важный аспект, чтобы рассмотреть вымывания перфузии линия, которая идет от установки на животных (выход клапана). После завершения перфузии, эта линия будет иметь 4% параформальдегида в нем. Снимите трубку из буфера бутылки и использовать 50 мл шприц, заполненный водой, чтобы избавиться от фиксатора. Убедитесь, что выпускной клапан помещается в стакане по сбору отходов для правильной утилизации параформальдегида. Повторите это три раза. Залейте буфера, используя тот же метод, показанный в п. 2.3. </li><li> Этот метод для фиксации хорошо адаптируется с возможностью менять как буфер и фиксирующие другие фиксаторы (такие, как те, которые используются для EM) в соответствии с требованиями эксперимента. </li><li> Система также часто используется для извлечения живых тканей. Для этогоПроцесс человек просто использует поставки буфер только (буфер бутылку в то же время придает всей системе находится в ведерке со льдом и фиксирующих бутылку настроен как пустой, но запечатанный). Это обеспечивает холодный перфузии буфера при оптимальном давлении. Отсюда система может быть адаптирована для вливания поправимо красителей путем добавления красителя непосредственно в буфере (если количество не является проблемой) или использовать шприц с минимальным количеством буфера / раствор красителя между буфера - фиксатором шага. </li><li> В случае сосудистых литье, буфер контроля давления шаг является решающим однако из-за вязкости и укреплении характер литья решение или 50 мл шприц должны быть использованы для прямой доставки или одноразовые вторичных креплений для установки (трубы, клапаны и проведение контейнер) сделал для взаимодействия с существующей системе будут использоваться. Сосудистой литье Наши лаборатории &quot;предшествовала разработка и производство перфузии аппарата. Поэтому мы не можем гоели, что измерения давления будут точные измерения на поставку сайта. Цифры могут быть скорректированы для достижения успешной реализации вязких жидкостей. </li></ol>

<table border="1"><tbody><tr><td> Оборудование </td><td> Компания </td><td> Номер по каталогу </td><td> Комментарии </td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td> Анестетики: </td></tr><tr><td> Кетамин / ксилазина смеси (Анестетики могут варьироваться в зависимости от лаборатории / учреждения) </td><td> Ketaset </td><td> НДЦ 0856-2013-01 </td><td> 10 мл флакон </td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td> Хирургия: </td></tr><tr><td> Иглы, 27 GA х 1.25 &quot; </td><td> Материально-услуги </td><td> 25251 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Большой тупой / тупой изогнутые ножницы (~ 14,5 см) </td><td> Изобразительных средств наук </td><td> 14519-14 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Прямо диафрагмы ножницы </td><td> Изобразительных средств наук </td><td> 14058-11 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td&gt; Стандартные пинцет </td><td> Изобразительных средств наук </td><td> 11027-12 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Пара тонких (Грефе) пинцет </td><td> Изобразительных средств наук </td><td> 11050-10 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 1 большой пинцет кровоостанавливающий зажим - изогнутые или прямые (~ 19 см) </td><td> surgicaltools.com </td><td> 17.21.51 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 2 стандартные щипцы кровоостанавливающего - прямые зубчатые (14 см) </td><td> Изобразительных средств наук </td><td> 13013-14 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 1 изменена кровоостанавливающего (с 15-диаметр скважины подается через наконечник) </td><td> Изобразительных средств наук </td><td> 13013-14 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 15-калибровочного тупой или оливкового наконечником иглой (игла перфузии) </td><td> Fisnar </td><td> 5601137 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td> Перфузии: </td></tr><tr><td> Система HyPerfusion или эквивалент &lt;/ TD&gt; <td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Фосфатного буфера, рН 7,4 </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 4% параформальдегид в 0,1 М фосфатный буфер, рН 7,4 </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Мелкие стеклянные или пластиковые лоток примерно 10 &quot;х 10&quot; </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Дробленый лед </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Водяная баня (37 ° C) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Таймер </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 50 мл шприц </td><td> Medline Industries </td><td> NPMJD50LZ </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td> Вскрытие: </td></tr><tr><td> Пал стандартных острый / тупой прямой ножницы (~ 12 см) </td><td> Изобразительных средств наук </td><td> 14054-13 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Средний изогнутые или прямые rongeurs (14-16 см) или череп кости удаления клещей </td><td> Изобразительных средств наук </td><td> 16020-14 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Прямые ножницы диафрагмы (~ 9 см) </td><td> Изобразительных средств наук </td><td> 14058-11 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td> Micro-шпатель (двойной 2 &quot;плоскими концами, один круглый, один конический до 1/8&quot;) </td><td> Изобразительных средств наук </td><td> 10091-12 </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td> После фиксации и хранения: </td></tr><tr><td> 50 мл стеклянный флакон </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> 40 мл HEPES-Buffered Хэнкс Решение (HBHS) с азид натрия (90 мг / л) </td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbodу&gt; </table>

whole animal perfusion fixation for rodents

Цель фиксации быстро и равномерно сохранить ткани в жизни, как государство. При размещении ткани непосредственно в фиксатор хорошо работает для небольших кусочков ткани, крупные экземпляры, как неповрежденный мозг создаст проблему для погружения фиксации, так как фиксатор не доходит до всех регионов ткани с той же скоростью 5,7. Часто изменения в ответ на гипоксию начаться до ткань может быть сохранено 12. Преимущество непосредственно перфузии фиксатором через кровеносную систему, что химическое вещество может быстро добраться до любого уголка организма с использованием природных сосудистой сети. Для того, чтобы использовать системы кровообращения наиболее эффективно, необходимо позаботиться, чтобы соответствовать физиологическим давление 3. Важно отметить, что физиологическое давление в зависимости от используемых видов. Методы фиксации перфузии варьируются в зависимости от ткани должна быть установлена ​​и как ткань будет обработан после записи. В этом видеоМы описываем недорогой, быстрый, контролируемый и равномерный фиксации процедуры с использованием 4% параформальдегид перфузии с помощью сосудистой системы: в сердце крысы для получения наилучшего возможного сохранения мозга для иммуногистохимии. Основным преимуществом этого метода (по сравнению с самотечных систем) является то, что кровеносная система используется наиболее эффективно.

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Whole Animal Perfusion Fixation for Rodents

Здесь мы опишем недорогой, быстрый, контролируемый и равномерный фиксации процедуры с использованием 4% параформальдегид перфузии с помощью сосудистой системы: в сердце крысы для получения наилучшего возможного сохранения мозга.

Всего Фиксация перфузии животных для грызунов

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Automated Interactive Video Playback for Studies of Animal Communication

Video playback is a widely-used technique for the controlled manipulation and presentation of visual signals in animal communication. In particular, parameter-based computer animation offers the opportunity to independently manipulate any number of behavioral, morphological, or spectral characteristics in the context of realistic, moving images of animals on screen. A major limitation of conventional playback, however, is that the visual stimulus lacks the ability to interact with the live animal. Borrowing from video-game technology, we have created an automated, interactive system for video playback that controls animations in response to real-time signals from a video tracking system. We demonstrated this method by conducting mate-choice trials on female swordtail fish, Xiphophorus birchmanni. Females were given a simultaneous choice between a courting male conspecific and a courting male heterospecific (X. malinche) on opposite sides of an aquarium. The virtual male stimulus was programmed to track the horizontal position of the female, as courting males do in the wild. Mate-choice trials on wild-caught X. birchmanni females were used to validate the prototype's ability to effectively generate a realistic visual stimulus.

Video playback is a widely used technique in animal behavior. We created and evaluated a program that applies rules-based, interactive playback of 3-D computer animations in response to real-time, automated data on subject behavior.

Автоматизированная Интерактивная Воспроизведение видео по изучению коммуникации животных

Video playback is a widely-used technique for the controlled manipulation and presentation of visual signals in animal communication. In particular, ...

Isolating Nasal Olfactory Stem Cells from Rodents or Humans

The olfactory mucosa, located in the nasal cavity, is in charge of detecting odours. It is also the only nervous tissue that is exposed to the external environment and easily accessible in every living individual. As a result, this tissue is unique for anyone aiming to identify molecular anomalies in the pathological brain or isolate adult stem cells for cell therapy. 
Molecular abnormalities in brain diseases are often studied using nervous tissue samples collected post-mortem. However, this material has numerous limitations. In contrast, the olfactory mucosa is readily accessible and can be biopsied safely without any loss of sense of smell1. Accordingly, the olfactory mucosa provides an "open window" in the adult human through which one can study developmental (e.g. autism, schizophrenia)2-4 or neurodegenerative (e.g. Parkinson, Alzheimer) diseases4,5. Olfactory mucosa can be used for either comparative molecular studies4,6 or in vitro experiments on neurogenesis3,7.
The olfactory epithelium is also a nervous tissue that produces new neurons every day to replace those that are damaged by pollution, bacterial of viral infections. This permanent neurogenesis is sustained by progenitors but also stem cells residing within both compartments of the mucosa, namely the neuroepithelium and the underlying lamina propria8-10. We recently developed a method to purify the adult stem cells located in the lamina propria and, after having demonstrated that they are closely related to bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSC), we named them olfactory ecto-mesenchymal stem cells (OE-MSC)11.
Interestingly, when compared to BM-MSCs, OE-MSCs display a high proliferation rate, an elevated clonogenicity and an inclination to differentiate into neural cells. We took advantage of these characteristics to perform studies dedicated to unveil new candidate genes in schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease4. We and others have also shown that OE-MSCs are promising candidates for cell therapy, after a spinal cord trauma12,13, a cochlear damage14 or in an animal models of Parkinson's disease15 or amnesia16.
In this study, we present methods to biopsy olfactory mucosa in rats and humans. After collection, the lamina propria is enzymatically separated from the epithelium and stem cells are purified using an enzymatic or a non-enzymatic method. Purified olfactory stem cells can then be either grown in large numbers and banked in liquid nitrogen or induced to form spheres or differentiated into neural cells. These stem cells can also be used for comparative omics (genomic, transcriptomic, epigenomic, proteomic) studies.

We describe here a method for biopsying olfactory mucosa from rat and human nasal cavities. These biopsies can be used for either identifying molecular anomalies in brain diseases or isolating multipotent adult stem cells that can be utilized for cell transplantation in animal models of brain trauma/disease.

Изоляция Носовые Обонятельные стволовых клеток от грызунов и человека

The olfactory mucosa, located in the nasal cavity, is in charge of detecting odours. It is also the only nervous tissue that is exposed to the external ...

Rodent Stereotaxic Surgery and Animal Welfare Outcome Improvements for Behavioral Neuroscience

Stereotaxic surgery for the implantation of cannulae into specific brain regions has for many decades been a very successful experimental technique to investigate the effects of locally manipulated neurotransmitter and signaling pathways in awake, behaving animals. Moreover, the stereotaxic implantation of electrodes for electrophysiological stimulation and recording studies has been instrumental to our current understanding of neuroplasticity and brain networks in behaving animals. Ever-increasing knowledge about optimizing surgical techniques in rodents1-4, public awareness concerning animal welfare issues and stringent legislation (e.g., the 2010 European Union Directive on the use of laboratory animals5) prompted us to refine these surgical procedures, particularly with respect to implementing new procedures for oxygen supplementation and the continuous monitoring of blood oxygenation and heart rate levels during the surgery as well as introducing a standardized protocol for post-surgical care. Our observations indicate that these modifications resulted in an increased survival rate and an improvement in the general condition of the animals after surgery (e.g. less weight loss and a more active animal). This video presentation will show the general procedures involved in this type of stereotaxic surgery with special attention to our several modifications. We will illustrate these surgical procedures in rats, but it is also possible to perform this type of surgery in mice or other small laboratory animals by using special adaptors for the stereotaxic apparatus6.

Stereotaxic surgery on rodents allows for targeted administration of drugs or electrical stimulation and recordings in awake, behaving animals. In this video presentation we will demonstrate recent procedural refinements to this long-standing procedure that successfully improved survival rate and reduced post-surgical weight loss.

Грызун стереотаксической хирургии и животных улучшения благосостояния Итоговом документе Поведенческие Neuroscience

Stereotaxic surgery for the implantation of cannulae into specific brain regions has for many decades been a very successful experimental technique to ...

Large-scale Recording of Neurons by Movable Silicon Probes in Behaving Rodents

A major challenge in neuroscience is linking behavior to the collective activity of neural assemblies. Understanding of input-output relationships of neurons and circuits requires methods with the spatial selectivity and temporal resolution appropriate for mechanistic analysis of neural ensembles in the behaving animal, i.e. recording of representatively large samples of isolated single neurons. Ensemble monitoring of neuronal activity has progressed remarkably in the past decade in both small and large-brained animals, including human subjects1-11. Multiple-site recording with silicon-based devices are particularly effective because of their scalability, small volume and geometric design.
Here, we describe methods for recording multiple single neurons and local field potential in behaving rodents, using commercially available micro-machined silicon probes with custom-made accessory components. There are two basic options for interfacing silicon probes to preamplifiers: printed circuit boards and flexible cables. Probe supplying companies (<a href="http://www.neuronexustech.com/" >http://www.neuronexustech.com/</a>; <a href="http://www.sbmicrosystems.com/">http://www.sbmicrosystems.com/</a>; <a href="http://www.acreo.se/">http://www.acreo.se/</a>) usually provide the bonding service and deliver probes bonded to printed circuit boards or flexible cables. Here, we describe the implantation of a 4-shank, 32-site probe attached to flexible polyimide cable, and mounted on a movable microdrive. Each step of the probe preparation, microdrive construction and surgery is illustrated so that the end user can easily replicate the process.

We describe methods for large-scale recording of multiple single units and local field potential in behaving rodents with silicon probes. Drive fabrication, probe attachment to the drive and probe implantation processes are illustrated in sufficient details for easy replication.

Крупномасштабные Запись нейронов Зонды Движимое кремния в Поведение грызунов

A major challenge in neuroscience is linking behavior to the collective activity of neural assemblies. Understanding of input-output relationships of ...

A Low Cost Setup for Behavioral Audiometry in Rodents

In auditory animal research it is crucial to have precise information about basic hearing parameters of the animal subjects that are involved in the experiments. Such parameters may be physiological response characteristics of the auditory pathway, e.g. via brainstem audiometry (BERA). But these methods allow only indirect and uncertain extrapolations about the auditory percept that corresponds to these physiological parameters. To assess the perceptual level of hearing, behavioral methods have to be used. A potential problem with the use of behavioral methods for the description of perception in animal models is the fact that most of these methods involve some kind of learning paradigm before the subjects can be behaviorally tested, e.g. animals may have to learn to press a lever in response to a sound. As these learning paradigms change perception itself 1,2 they consequently will influence any result about perception obtained with these methods and therefore have to be interpreted with caution. Exceptions are paradigms that make use of reflex responses, because here no learning paradigms have to be carried out prior to perceptual testing. One such reflex response is the acoustic startle response (ASR) that can highly reproducibly be elicited with unexpected loud sounds in na&iuml;ve animals. This ASR in turn can be influenced by preceding sounds depending on the perceptibility of this preceding stimulus: Sounds well above hearing threshold will completely inhibit the amplitude of the ASR; sounds close to threshold will only slightly inhibit the ASR. This phenomenon is called pre-pulse inhibition (PPI) 3,4, and the amount of PPI on the ASR gradually depends on the perceptibility of the pre-pulse. PPI of the ASR is therefore well suited to determine behavioral audiograms in na&iuml;ve, non-trained animals, to determine hearing impairments or even to detect possible subjective tinnitus percepts in these animals. In this paper we demonstrate the use of this method in a rodent model (cf. also ref. 5), the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), which is a well know model species for startle response research within the normal human hearing range (e.g. 6).

A fast and inexpensive method for the behavioral determination of hearing parameters like hearing thresholds, hearing impairments or phantom perceptions (subjective tinnitus) is described. It uses pre-pulse inhibition of the acoustic startle response and can be easily implemented in a personal computer using a programmable AD/DA-converter and a piezo sensor.

Низкая стоимость установки для поведенческой аудиометрии в Грызуны

In auditory animal research it is crucial to have precise information about basic hearing parameters of the animal subjects that are involved in the ...

Acrylic Resin Molding Based Head Fixation Technique in Rodents

Head fixation is a technique of immobilizing animal's head by attaching a head-post on the skull for rigid clamping. Traditional head fixation requires surgical attachment of metallic frames on the skull. The attached frames are then clamped to a stationary platform resulting in immobilization of the head. However, metallic frames for head fixation have been technically difficult to design and implement in general laboratory environment. In this study, we provide a novel head fixation method. Using a custom-made head fixation bar, head mounter is constructed during implantation surgery. After the application of acrylic resin for affixing implants such as electrodes and cannula on the skull, additional resins applied on top of that to build a mold matching to the port of the fixation bar. The molded head mounter serves as a guide rails, investigators conveniently fixate the animal&#8217;s head by inserting the head mounter into the port of the fixation bar. This method could be easily applicable if implantation surgery using dental acrylics is necessary and might be useful for laboratories that cannot easily fabricate CNC machined metal head-posts.

Traditional head fixation techniques have used metallic frames attached on the skull as an interface for head fixation apparatus. This protocol demonstrates a frameless, acrylic resin molding based head fixation technique for behavioral tasks in rodents.

Акриловая смола формовочная основе Руководитель Фиксация Техника в Грызуны

Head fixation is a technique of immobilizing animal's head by attaching a head-post on the skull for rigid clamping. Traditional head fixation requires ...

A Novel Strategy Combining Array-CGH, Whole-exome Sequencing and In Utero Electroporation in Rodents to Identify Causative Genes for Brain Malformations

Birth defects that involve the cerebral cortex &#8212; also known as malformations of cortical development (MCD) &#8212; are important causes of intellectual disability and account for 20-40% of drug-resistant epilepsy in childhood. High-resolution brain imaging has facilitated in vivo identification of a large group of MCD phenotypes. Despite the advances in brain imaging, genomic analysis and generation of animal models, a straightforward workflow to systematically prioritize candidate genes and to test functional effects of putative mutations is missing. To overcome this problem, an experimental strategy enabling the identification of novel causative genes for MCD was developed and validated. This strategy is based on identifying candidate genomic regions or genes via array-CGH or whole-exome sequencing and characterizing the effects of their inactivation or of overexpression of specific mutations in developing rodent brains via in utero electroporation. This approach led to the identification of the C6orf70 gene, encoding for a putative vesicular protein, to the pathogenesis of periventricular nodular heterotopia, a MCD caused by defective neuronal migration.

A Novel Strategy Combining Array-CGH, Whole-exome Sequencing and In Utero Electroporation in Rodents to Identify Causative Genes for Brain Malformations

Periventricular nodular heterotopia (PNH) is the most common form of malformation of cortical development (MCD) in adulthood but its genetic basis remains unknown in most sporadic cases. We have recently developed a strategy to identify novel candidate genes for MCDs and to directly confirm their causative role in vivo.

Новые стратегии, сочетающей массив CGH, всего exome последовательности и в утробе матери электропорации грызунов для выявления причинных генов для пороки развития головного мозга

Birth defects that involve the cerebral cortex &#8212; also known as malformations of cortical development (MCD) &#8212; are important causes of ...

Transcranial Electrical Brain Stimulation in Alert Rodents

Transcranial electrical brain stimulation can modulate cortical excitability and plasticity in humans and rodents. The most common form of stimulation in humans is transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Less frequently, transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) or transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS), a specific form of tACS using an electrical current applied randomly within a pre-defined frequency range, is used. The increase of noninvasive electrical brain stimulation research in humans, both for experimental and clinical purposes, has yielded an increased need for basic, mechanistic, safety studies in animals. This article describes a model for transcranial electrical brain stimulation (tES) through the intact skull targeting the motor system in alert rodents. The protocol provides step-by-step instructions for the surgical set-up of a permanent epicranial electrode socket combined with an implanted counter electrode on the chest. By placing a stimulation electrode into the epicranial socket, different electrical stimulation types, comparable to tDCS, tACS, and tRNS in humans, can be delivered. Moreover, the practical steps for tES in alert rodents are introduced. The applied current density, stimulation duration, and stimulation type may be chosen depending on the experimental needs. The caveats, advantages, and disadvantages of this set-up are discussed, as well as safety and tolerability aspects.

This protocol describes a surgical set-up for a permanent epicranial electrode socket and an implanted chest electrode in rodents. By placing a second electrode into the socket, different types of transcranial electrical brain stimulation can be delivered to the motor system in alert animals through the intact skull.

Транскраниальной стимуляции мозга электрической оповещения грызунов

Transcranial electrical brain stimulation can modulate cortical excitability and plasticity in humans and rodents. The most common form of stimulation in ...

Cannula Implantation into the Cisterna Magna of Rodents

Cisterna magna cannulation (CMc) is a straightforward procedure that enables direct access to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) without operative damage to the skull or the brain parenchyma. In anesthetized rodents, the exposure of the dura mater by blunt dissection of the neck muscles allows the insertion of a cannula into the cisterna magna (CM). The cannula, composed either by a fine beveled needle or borosilicate capillary, is attached via a polyethylene (PE) tube to a syringe. Using a syringe pump, molecules can then be injected at controlled rates directly into the CM, which is continuous with the subarachnoid space. From the subarachnoid space, we can trace CSF fluxes by convective flow into the perivascular space around penetrating arterioles, where solute exchange with the interstitial fluid (ISF) occurs. CMc can be performed for acute injections immediately following the surgery, or for chronic implantation, with later injection in anesthetized or awake, freely moving rodents. Quantitation of tracer distribution in the brain parenchyma can be performed by epifluorescence, 2-photon microscopy, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), depending on the physico-chemical properties of the injected molecules. Thus, CMc in conjunction with various imaging techniques offers a powerful tool for assessment of the glymphatic system and CSF dynamics and function. Furthermore, CMc can be utilized as a conduit for fast, brain-wide delivery of signaling molecules and metabolic substrates that could not otherwise cross the blood brain barrier (BBB).

Here we describe a protocol to perform cisterna magna cannulation (CMc), a minimally invasive way to deliver tracers, substrates and signaling molecules into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Combined with different imaging modalities, CMc enables glymphatic system and CSF dynamics assessment, as well as brain-wide delivery of various compounds.

Канюля имплантации в Чистерна Magna грызунов

Cisterna magna cannulation (CMc) is a straightforward procedure that enables direct access to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) without operative damage to ...

Air-Inflation of Murine Lungs with Vascular Perfusion-Fixation

Lung histology is often used to investigate the contributions provided by airspace cells during lung homeostasis and disease pathogenesis. However, commonly used instillation-based fixation methods can displace airspace cells and mucus into terminal airways and can alter tissue morphology. In comparison, vascular perfusion-fixation techniques are superior at preserving the location and morphology of cells within airspaces and the mucosal lining. However, if positive airway pressure is not simultaneously applied, regions of the lungs may collapse and capillaries may bulge into the alveolar spaces, leading to distortion of the lung anatomy. Herein, we describe an inexpensive method for air-inflation during vascular perfusion-fixation to preserve the morphology and location of airway and alveolar cells and interstitium in murine lungs for downstream histologic studies. Constant air pressure is delivered to the lungs via the trachea from a sealed, air-filled chamber that maintains pressure via an adjustable liquid column while fixative is perfused through the right ventricle.

Presented is a method for air-inflation with vascular perfusion-fixation of the lungs that preserves the location of cells within airways, alveoli and interstitium for structure-function analyses. Constant airway pressure is maintained with an air-inflation chamber while fixative is perfused via the right ventricle. Lungs are processed for histologic studies.

Воздушная инфляция мышиных легких с сосудистой перфузией-фиксацией

Lung histology is often used to investigate the contributions provided by airspace cells during lung homeostasis and disease pathogenesis. However, ...