Featured Publications
A fluoro-Nissl dye identifies pericytes as distinct vascular mural cells during in vivo brain imaging
Damisah EC, Hill RA, Tong L, Murray KN, Grutzendler J. A fluoro-Nissl dye identifies pericytes as distinct vascular mural cells during in vivo brain imaging. Nature Neuroscience 2017, 20: 1023-1032. PMID: 28504673, PMCID: PMC5550770, DOI: 10.1038/nn.4564.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
3D super-resolution deep-tissue imaging in living mice
Velasco MGM, Zhang M, Antonello J, Yuan P, Allgeyer ES, May D, M’Saad O, Kidd P, Barentine AES, Greco V, Grutzendler J, Booth MJ, Bewersdorf J. 3D super-resolution deep-tissue imaging in living mice. Optica 2021, 8: 442-450. PMID: 34239948, PMCID: PMC8243577, DOI: 10.1364/optica.416841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWater-immersion objective lensTwo-photon excitationSuper-resolution imagingEmission depletion (STED) microscopyAdaptive opticsSTED systemObjective lensOptical aberrationsDepletion microscopyBiological tissuesNanoscale structuresLiving mouseOrganic dyesOpticsSTEDExcitationMouse brain tissueLiving cellsThree-dimensional visualizationMicroscopyLightUnique insightsImagingLens
2014
A bifunctional curcumin analogue for two-photon imaging and inhibiting crosslinking of amyloid beta in Alzheimer's disease
Zhang X, Tian Y, Yuan P, Li Y, Yaseen MA, Grutzendler J, Moore A, Ran C. A bifunctional curcumin analogue for two-photon imaging and inhibiting crosslinking of amyloid beta in Alzheimer's disease. Chemical Communications 2014, 50: 11550-11553. PMID: 25134928, PMCID: PMC4617557, DOI: 10.1039/c4cc03731f.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Transcranial Two-Photon Imaging of the Living Mouse Brain
Grutzendler J, Yang G, Pan F, Parkhurst CN, Gan WB. Transcranial Two-Photon Imaging of the Living Mouse Brain. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2011, 2011: pdb.prot065474. PMID: 21880826, PMCID: PMC4641516, DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot065474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMouse brainAxonal varicositiesSurgical proceduresDendritic spinesSide effectsBrain cellsTwo-photon imagingInvasive methodBlood vesselsSame animalsPathological conditionsTwo-photon microscopyIntact skullBrainTranscranialImagingMicrogliaSurgeryVaricositiesImaging methodNeuronsLong time intervalsSpine
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
2007
Long-term two-photon transcranial imaging of synaptic structures in the living brain.
Grutzendler J, Gan WB. Long-term two-photon transcranial imaging of synaptic structures in the living brain. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2007, 2007: pdb.prot4766. PMID: 21357119, DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot4766.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLiving brainNeurological disease modelsMouse brain areasIndividual dendritic spinesAxonal varicositiesFrontal cortexDendritic spinesBrain areasTherapeutic interventionsSynaptic structureFunctional changesNeuronal structuresTranscranial imagingTwo-photon microscopyDisease modelsBrainLiving mouseSensitive toolImaging approachMemory processesImagingSomatosensoryVaricositiesCortexMice