Featured Publications
Lifelong cortical myelin plasticity and age-related degeneration in the live mammalian brain
Hill RA, Li AM, Grutzendler J. Lifelong cortical myelin plasticity and age-related degeneration in the live mammalian brain. Nature Neuroscience 2018, 21: 683-695. PMID: 29556031, PMCID: PMC5920745, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-018-0120-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyelin degenerationYears of ageAge-related degenerationMyelin plasticityMyelin remodelingNeural processing speedBrain pathogenesisOligodendrocyte deathUnmyelinated axonsAxonal myelinMyelin coverageStructural remodelingMouse cortexMammalian brainPeak myelinationOligodendrocyte generationIndividual axonsMyelinating oligodendrocytesMyelin distributionDegenerationMyelin internodesNetwork homeostasisAxonsStructural plasticityRemodelingLabel-free in vivo imaging of myelinated axons in health and disease with spectral confocal reflectance microscopy
Schain AJ, Hill RA, Grutzendler J. Label-free in vivo imaging of myelinated axons in health and disease with spectral confocal reflectance microscopy. Nature Medicine 2014, 20: 443-449. PMID: 24681598, PMCID: PMC3981936, DOI: 10.1038/nm.3495.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Activation of pial and dural macrophages and dendritic cells by cortical spreading depression
Schain AJ, Melo‐Carrillo A, Borsook D, Grutzendler J, Strassman AM, Burstein R. Activation of pial and dural macrophages and dendritic cells by cortical spreading depression. Annals Of Neurology 2018, 83: 508-521. PMID: 29394508, PMCID: PMC5965700, DOI: 10.1002/ana.25169.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood-brain barrierDendritic cellsDural macrophagesImmune cellsAnatomical relationshipMigratory dendritic cellsAnn NeurolTRPV1 axonsMeningeal nociceptorsHead painMigraine attacksNociceptor activationSubarachnoid spaceMeningeal macrophagesMacrophagesCortical eventsAxonsActivationAuraDuraDepressionMinutesCellsCellular eventsCSD
2016
Label-free Confocal Reflectance and 2-photon Microscopy of Myelinated Axons and Microvasculature in Live Mice
Grutzendler J. Label-free Confocal Reflectance and 2-photon Microscopy of Myelinated Axons and Microvasculature in Live Mice. 2016, bw4b.2. DOI: 10.1364/brain.2016.bw4b.2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research