2021
Intravital Imaging of Neocortical Heterotopia Reveals Aberrant Axonal Pathfinding and Myelination around Ectopic Neurons
Li AM, Hill RA, Grutzendler J. Intravital Imaging of Neocortical Heterotopia Reveals Aberrant Axonal Pathfinding and Myelination around Ectopic Neurons. Cerebral Cortex 2021, 31: 4340-4356. PMID: 33877363, PMCID: PMC8328209, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuronal clustersEarly postnatal developmentVivo calcium imagingEctopic neuronal clustersAxonal patternNeocortical heterotopiaHeterotopic neuronsCortical heterotopiaHeterotopia formationEctopic neuronsAnimal modelsTractable animal modelPostnatal developmentCalcium imagingBrain regionsInducible modelIntravital imagingNeuronsAxonal pathfindingAberrant patternsHeterotopiaMyelinationAxon guidanceCognitive disabilitiesLive mice
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
2010
Thinned-skull cranial window technique for long-term imaging of the cortex in live mice
Yang G, Pan F, Parkhurst CN, Grutzendler J, Gan WB. Thinned-skull cranial window technique for long-term imaging of the cortex in live mice. Nature Protocols 2010, 5: 201-208. PMID: 20134419, PMCID: PMC4690457, DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTwo-photon laser scanning microscopyHigh optical resolutionThinned-skull cranial windowImportant experimental toolOptical resolutionLiving brainCranial window techniqueLive miceLong-term imagingCranial windowExperimental toolInvasive approachAvoids exposureFunctional changesCortical structuresLongitudinal imagingPathological conditionsCortexBrainLaser scanning microscopyScanning microscopyMiceImagingMicroscopyResolution