This work was supported by NIH Grant HL-113905

这项研究进行的所有动物的程序是由诺瓦东南大学的机构动物护理和使用委员会与指南实验动物的护理和使用一致认可， 第 8版（国家科学院出版社，华盛顿特区2011 ）。 1.准备组织切片受体放射自显影<ol><li>牺牲后，收获新鲜的脑组织，并尽快包装在铝箔并将其放置在-20℃的冰箱。要保持正确的形状，放置在大脑脑模具模拟头骨的内部，包裹在铝箔和发生在 - 20℃的冰箱中。 30分钟后，在可密封的冷冻储存袋处的组织和移动到-80℃冷冻长期储存。 <ol><li>获得的从-80℃冷冻，并转移到设定为最小的-10℃和最高的-18℃的低温恒温器，以避免解冻感兴趣的新鲜冰冻组织标本。 </li&gt; <li>放置在试样上组织与二醇和基于树脂的包埋介质装入，仅嵌入试样到培养基中的一小部分。对于大脑，大脑垂直安装，以使在冠状面切片。 </li></ol></li><li>将组织安装到低温恒温器内的切片机，并在地方拧紧。确保大脑的左侧和右侧是相同的前 - postero坐标，并且背腹轴垂直于常用脑图谱。 </li><li>开始在所需的厚度切割（20微米推荐）和解冻安装部分到显微镜载玻片在垂直方向为具有在滑动空间更大的表面积。收集部分在载玻片上以顺序每组五，即第一组幻灯片标记1-1,1-2，1-3,1-4和1-5（ 图3）。 </li><li>填写一组幻灯片与段后，允许幻灯片空气干燥达1小时，然后将SLI德在一个自密封冷冻储存袋在-20℃的塑料载玻片盒，和存储。 </li></ol> 2.放射自显影受体注意:放射性。使用防护服装来处理放射性。处置成立后依赖，并且必须遵循准则正确衰减（半衰期60天）或通过认证的公司被拾起。 <ol><li>从-20℃冷冻机中取出感兴趣的"-1"和"-2"幻灯片和安装到滑动夹（ 图5）。安装"-1"的幻灯片共同为"非特定的"治疗和"-2"幻灯片"总"的待遇。 "非特异性"罐子将包含10μM的PD123319的终浓度的AT 2 R拮抗剂氯沙坦的AT 1 R拮抗物，在测定培养基缓冲液（AM5）（ 表1）中 ，"总"结合罐子将只包含10 μMPD123319在AM5。 </li><li>反转幻灯片夹具放置载玻片到装有35-40毫升AM5的预培养科普林缸，和各自的抑制剂在室温下30分钟。在4分钟的时间间隔开始在他们的预培养浴随后集。 </li><li>立即在室温从预温育溶液的孵育滑动邮寄者传送幻灯片，含有10ml AM5的，再加上125 I SI-血管紧张素II的预定浓度与相应的抑制剂（ 图4中的计算），60-90分钟温度。如果有足够的放射性，10幻灯片可以放置（背靠背）在修改幻灯片夹和科普林罐子125 I-SI-血管紧张素Ⅱ培养。 </li><li>地方滑动回幻灯片夹具（如果需要），印迹，并冲洗轻轻1-2秒在400毫升蒸馏水在两个单独的容器中旋流。 </li><li>顺序地转移滑入含35-40毫升AM5的每个（如在图4 &lt;所示恰好1分钟4科普林罐子/ STRONG&gt;）。 </li><li>最后1分钟后用清水洗净，轻轻摇动部分在冰冷的蒸馏水中的四个转变1-2秒。 </li><li>吹干冷空气的幻灯片（注意:热空气会挥发放射性化合物）利用4分钟（ 图5）不同的角度设置了四个吹风机，直到所有的路段都干，然后将纸巾上。 </li><li>滑山与组织朝上到纸板的并置，以X光片使用双面胶带。 </li><li>安装的至少一个，125碘校准标准滑动到每个纸板（ 图6）。 注意:校准标准包括脑糊用125碘彻底混合绑定到含有苯酚环，通过离心在1ml结核菌素注射器压实的化合物，其是低温恒温器在相同的厚度脑切片切片并解冻安装到显微镜的幻灯片。另外，125我校准标准在20微米厚切片塑性树脂可以商购获得。在这些标准的塑料树脂部分地屏蔽来自辐射的膜，使得〜40％的组织等效应计入校准。 </li></ol> 3.胶片曝光与发展<ol><li>继续用皮带背透视卡带和放射自显影胶片暗房。打开纸盒，并把里面滑梯（ 图6）的硬纸板。 <ol><li>把灯关了，打开安全灯。小心打开X射线胶片的箱子，取出一部电影，并将电影光面向上（与右下角的锯齿边缘）在磁带上的幻灯片上。小心关闭磁带，并旋转锁定杆密封发光（ 图6）。在-20℃下暴露数日的幻灯片到几周。 </li></ol></li><li>在暗室中，打开磁带和胶片显影PROC进行ESS。 <ol><li>放置滑入连续托盘;显影剂2分钟，含有5％冰醋酸，30秒，和定影剂进​​行5分钟的水。该薄膜的置于与20分钟流水的托盘，然后放入Photoflo为不超过10秒，挂起。 注意:曝光时间凭经验确定，并且可以包括与不同曝光时间的多个片:长到足以从具有低结合区获得可测量的信号，但没有限制，只要通过与高结合区域饱和膜。一旦获得可接受的曝光，然后进行到下一个步骤。 </li></ol></li></ol> 4.组织学<ol><li>制备硫素染色和染色试剂（ 表2， 图7）。 <ol><li>放置"-3"在滑动架，和转让顺序用离子交换水开始1分钟，然后接着是三个倾角成去电离10分钟硫素染色液美化版水域，并在去离子一水30秒洗。 </li><li>继水，将滑动架成乙醇洗涤如下; 50％，70％，90％，30秒，然后在100％含双乙醇洗涤每个1分钟。最后，将滑动架成二甲苯为3分钟，然后转移到第二个二甲苯溶液5分钟。 </li></ol></li><li>在从最后二甲苯浴一次删除一个滑动，并覆盖与在有机溶剂中的安装平台的树脂基滑动件的上边缘，并放置一个24mm×60毫米盖玻片的幻灯片。允许幻灯片充分干燥〜48小时，然后扫描到电脑2400 dpi灰阶。 </li></ol> 5.光密度图像分析<ol><li>放置膜光泽面下来，用在左下角的锯齿边和扫描利用能够没有在成像系统的计算机的任何失真发送膜密度信息的专有扫描器。 </li><li>打开专用的成像SYS统和利用校准棒以建立校准标准（ 图9 - 12）在胶片上的图像的未来光密度分析。 </li><li>通过建立两种模板或经验概括感兴趣的领域的兴趣度的区域。数据被收集并基于膜分离，对照或野生型（部分），和区域。确保包括测量过程中的密度（飞摩尔/克），扫描区域和总目标区域（ 图9）。 <ol><li>通过确保感兴趣区域落在突出的参数（ 图10）之间调整扫描区域酒吧。 </li><li>导出数据到电子表格（ 表4）。乘以密度倍的总的目标区域，然后通过扫描区域，以获得用于结合该特定区域的值除以。一旦这样做是为了测量所有值，底物的非特异性的既定从总得到特异性结合p怨恨。平均值，也可以对这些值进行的。 </li></ol></li></ol>

Robert Speth has licensed antibodies to angiotensin II receptors to a commercial vendor and receives royalties from the sale of said antibodies. The other authors have nothing to disclose.

描述的协议标识"总"和"非特异性"在啮齿动物脑先前收获并保存在-80℃的冠状切片的相邻部分的放射性配体结合的可视化，并且可以容易地适用于几乎所有的组织中已解剖解决其中显示的受体或放射性配体结合位点的差的量子结构。在协议中描述的过程简单，分析是正确地解释结果的关键。测定20微米厚为最佳;如果部分过厚的非特异性结合会增加，从而难以解决的放射性配体的结合到它的目标。如...

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receptor autoradiography protocol for the localized visualization of angiotensin ii receptors

这个协议描述了使用特异于血管紧张素II受体进行受体放射自显影映射放射性为血管紧张素Ⅱ（血管紧张素II）中的大鼠脑受体结合模式。 组织标本收获并保存在-80℃。低温恒温器是用来冠部分组织（脑）和部分解冻 - 安装到带电的幻灯片。制作在载玻片上的组织切片在125 I SI-血管紧张素II孵育放射性标记血管紧张素Ⅱ受体。相邻的幻灯片被分成两组:"非特异性结合"非放射性标记的血管紧张素II的受体饱和的浓度，或存在（NSP）的AT 1血管紧张素II受体亚型（AT 1R）选择性血管紧张素II受体拮抗剂，与"总结合&#39;没有AT 1 R拮抗剂。 AT 2血管紧张素Ⅱ受体亚型（AT 2 R）饱和浓度的拮抗剂（PD123319，10μM）也出现在incubati关于缓冲区限制125 I-SI-血管紧张素II结合到AT 1 R亚型。在30分钟预温育在约22℃，NSP载玻片暴露于10μM的PD123319和氯沙坦，而&#39;总结合&#39;载玻片暴露于10μM的PD123319。载玻片然后用125 I SI-血管紧张素II在缓冲液中培养在PD123319存在关于&#39;总结合&#39;和PD123319和氯沙坦为NSP在测定缓冲液，随后几个"洗涤"，和水以除去盐和非特异性结合放射性。幻灯片使用吹塑机，然后暴露于放射自显影胶片使用一个专门的电影和录像带干燥。胶片显影和图像被扫描成用于使用专有成像系统和一个电子表格视觉和定量密度的计算机。另外一组幻灯片的硫堇染色进行组织学的比较。 使用受体放射自显影的优点是可视化的能力血管紧张素II受体原位 ，一个组织试样的一个区段内，和解剖学通过比较相邻的组织学参考部分确定的组织的区域。

所述肾素-血管紧张素系统的代谢途径的概要示于图1和直接集中在血管紧张素II受体亚型（AT 1 R和AT 2 R）在图2中进行说明。 图3显示冠状脑转移节到显微镜载玻片，然后将其通过一个受体放射自显影方法，使用预定的125 I SIANG II浓度运行， 如图4所示。 图5示出了用于在受体放射自显影?...

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Receptor Autoradiography Protocol for the Localized Visualization of Angiotensin II Receptors

Here we present a protocol to describe the localization of angiotensin II Type 1 receptors in the rat brain by quantitative, densitometric, in vitro receptor autoradiography using an iodine-125 labeled analog of angiotensin II.

受体放射自显影协议血管紧张素Ⅱ受体的本地化的可视化

This protocol describes receptor binding patterns for Angiotensin II (Ang II) in the rat brain using a radioligand specific for Ang II receptors to ...

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17.8K 次观看.  Nova Southeastern University. Here we present a protocol to describe the localization of angiotensin II Type 1 receptors in the rat brain by quantitative, densitometric, in vitro receptor autoradiography using an iodine-125 labeled analog of angiotensin II. 

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The NeuroStar TMS Device: Conducting the FDA Approved Protocol for Treatment of Depression

The Neuronetics NeuroStar Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) System is a class II medical device that produces brief duration, pulsed magnetic fields. These rapidly alternating fields induce electrical currents within localized, targeted regions of the cortex which are associated with various physiological and functional brain changes.1,2,3
In 2007, O'Reardon et al., utilizing the NeuroStar device, published the results of an industry-sponsored, multisite, randomized, sham-stimulation controlled clinical trial in which 301 patients with major depression, who had previously failed to respond to at least one adequate antidepressant treatment trial, underwent either active or sham TMS over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). The patients, who were medication-free at the time of the study, received TMS five times per week over 4-6 weeks.4
The results demonstrated that a sub-population of patients (those who were relatively less resistant to medication, having failed not more than two good pharmacologic trials) showed a statistically significant improvement on the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Scale (MADRS), the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), and various other outcome measures. In October 2008, supported by these and other similar results5,6,7, Neuronetics obtained the first and only Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the clinical treatment of a specific form of medication-refractory depression using a TMS Therapy device (FDA approval K061053).
In this paper, we will explore the specified FDA approved NeuroStar depression treatment protocol (to be administered only under prescription and by a licensed medical profession in either an in- or outpatient setting).

In this article, we examine the methodology and considerations relevant to the FDA approved depression treatment protocol using the Neuronetics NeuroStar TMS device.

NeuroStar TMS的设备进行美国FDA批准用于治疗抑郁症的议定书"

The Neuronetics NeuroStar Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) System is a class II medical device that produces brief duration, pulsed magnetic ...

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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.

自动化研究动物交流的交互式视频播放

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

Spinal Cord Electrophysiology II: Extracellular Suction Electrode Fabrication

Development of neural circuitries and locomotion can be studied using neonatal rodent spinal cord central pattern generator (CPG) behavior. We demonstrate a method to fabricate suction electrodes that are used to examine CPG activity, or fictive locomotion, in dissected rodent spinal cords. The rodent spinal cords are placed in artificial cerebrospinal fluid and the ventral roots are drawn into the suction electrode. The electrode is constructed by modifying a commercially available suction electrode. A heavier silver wire is used instead of the standard wire given by the commercially available electrode. The glass tip on the commercial electrode is replaced with a plastic tip for increased durability. We prepare hand drawn electrodes and electrodes made from specific sizes of tubing, allowing consistency and reproducibility. Data is collected using an amplifier and neurogram acquisition software. Recordings are performed on an air table within a Faraday cage to prevent mechanical and electrical interference, respectively.

A demonstration of the fabrication and use of an extracellular suction electrode used to measure electrophysiological recordings of neonatal rodent spinal cords in vitro

脊髓电二:外吸电极的制作

Development of neural circuitries and locomotion can be studied using neonatal rodent spinal cord central pattern generator (CPG) behavior. We demonstrate ...

Visualization of Proprioceptors in Drosophila Larvae and Pupae

Proprioception is the ability to sense the motion, or position, of body parts by responding to stimuli arising within the body. In fruitflies and other insects proprioception is provided by specialized sensory organs termed chordotonal organs (ChOs) 2. Like many other organs in Drosophila, ChOs develop twice during the life cycle of the fly. First, the larval ChOs develop during embryogenesis. Then, the adult ChOs start to develop in the larval imaginal discs and continue to differentiate during metamorphosis.
The development of larval ChOs during embryogenesis has been studied extensively 10,11,13,15,16. The centerpiece of each ChO is a sensory unit composed of a neuron and a scolopale cell. The sensory unit is stretched between two types of accessory cells that attach to the cuticle via specialized epidermal attachment cells 1,9,14. When a fly larva moves, the relative displacement of the epidermal attachment cells leads to stretching of the sensory unit and consequent opening of specific transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) channels at the outer segment of the dendrite 8,12. The elicited signal is then transferred to the locomotor central pattern generator circuit in the central nervous system.
Multiple ChOs have been described in the adult fly 7. These are located near the joints of the adult fly appendages (legs, wings and halters) and in the thorax and abdomen. In addition, several hundreds of ChOs collectively form the Johnston's organ in the adult antenna that transduce acoustic to mechanical energy 3,5,17,4.
In contrast to the extensive knowledge about the development of ChOs in embryonic stages, very little is known about the morphology of these organs during larval stages. Moreover, with the exception of femoral ChOs 18 and Johnston's organ, our knowledge about the development and structure of ChOs in the adult fly is very fragmentary.
Here we describe a method for staining and visualizing ChOs in third instar larvae and pupae. This method can be applied together with genetic tools to better characterize the morphology and understand the development of the various ChOs in the fly.

Visualization of Proprioceptors in Drosophila Larvae and Pupae

A method to immunostain and visualize chordotonal organs in larvae and pupae of Drosophila melanogaster is described.

可视化本体感受器<em&gt;果蝇</em&gt;幼虫和蛹

Proprioception is the ability to sense the motion, or position, of body parts by responding to stimuli arising within the body. In fruitflies and other ...

Whole Mount Immunolabeling of Olfactory Receptor Neurons in the Drosophila Antenna

Odorant molecules bind to their target receptors in a precise and coordinated manner. Each receptor recognizes a specific signal and relays this information to the brain. As such, determining how olfactory information is transferred to the brain, modifying both perception and behavior, merits investigation. Interestingly, there is emerging evidence that cellular transduction and transcriptional factors are involved in the diversification of olfactory receptor neuron. Here we provide a robust whole mount immunological labeling method to assay in vivo olfactory receptor neuron organization. Using this method, we identified all olfactory receptor neurons with anti-ELAV antibody, a known pan-neural marker and Or49a-mCD8::GFP, an olfactory receptor neuron specifically expressed in Nba neuron using anti-GFP antibody.

Whole Mount Immunolabeling of Olfactory Receptor Neurons in the Drosophila Antenna

Herein we describe the process of whole mount immunostaining of Drosophila antennae, which enables us to better understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the diversification of olfactory receptor neurons (ORN)s.

嗅觉受体神经元在全山免疫标记<em&gt;果蝇</em&gt;天线

Odorant molecules bind to their target receptors in a precise and coordinated manner. Each receptor recognizes a specific signal and relays this ...

High-throughput Analysis of Mammalian Olfactory Receptors: Measurement of Receptor Activation via Luciferase Activity

Odorants create unique and overlapping patterns of olfactory receptor activation, allowing a family of approximately 1,000 murine and 400 human receptors to recognize thousands of odorants. Odorant ligands have been published for fewer than 6% of human receptors1-11. This lack of data is due in part to difficulties functionally expressing these receptors in heterologous systems. Here, we describe a method for expressing the majority of the olfactory receptor family in Hana3A cells, followed by high-throughput assessment of olfactory receptor activation using a luciferase reporter assay. This assay can be used to (1) screen panels of odorants against panels of olfactory receptors; (2) confirm odorant/receptor interaction via dose response curves; and (3) compare receptor activation levels among receptor variants. In our sample data, 328 olfactory receptors were screened against 26 odorants. Odorant/receptor pairs with varying response scores were selected and tested in dose response. These data indicate that a screen is an effective method to enrich for odorant/receptor pairs that will pass a dose response experiment, i.e. receptors that have a bona fide response to an odorant. Therefore, this high-throughput luciferase assay is an effective method to characterize olfactory receptors&#8212;an essential step toward a model of odor coding in the mammalian olfactory system.

Olfactory receptor activation patterns encode odor identity, but the lack of published data identifying odorant ligands for mammalian olfactory receptors hinders the development of a comprehensive model of odor coding. This protocol describes a method to facilitate high-throughput identification of olfactory receptor ligands and quantification of receptor activation.

受体激活的测量通过荧光素酶活性:哺乳动物的嗅觉受体的高通量分析

Odorants create unique and overlapping patterns of olfactory receptor activation, allowing a family of approximately 1,000 murine and 400 human receptors ...

Direct Visualization of the Murine Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus for Optogenetic Stimulation of the Auditory Pathway

Investigation into the use of virus-mediated gene transfer to arrest or reverse hearing loss has largely been relegated to the peripheral auditory system. Few studies have examined gene transfer to the central auditory system. The dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) of the brainstem, which contains second order neurons of the auditory pathway, is a potential site for gene transfer. In this protocol, a technique for direct and maximal exposure of the murine DCN via a posterior fossa approach is demonstrated. This approach allows for either acute or survival surgery. Following direct visualization of the DCN, a host of experiments are possible, including injection of opsins into the cochlear nucleus and subsequent stimulation by an optical fiber coupled to a blue light laser.&#160;Other neurophysiology experiments, such as electrical stimulation and neural injector tracings are also feasible.&#160;The level of visualization and the duration of stimulation achievable make this approach applicable to a wide range of experiments.

The goal of this protocol is to outline a surgical approach to provide direct access to the dorsal cochlear nucleus in a murine model.

在鼠背耳蜗核的听觉通路的光遗传学刺激直接可视化

Investigation into the use of virus-mediated gene transfer to arrest or reverse hearing loss has largely been relegated to the peripheral auditory system. ...

Protocol for Isolating the Mouse Circle of Willis

The cerebral arterial circle (circulus arteriosus cerebri) or circle of Willis (CoW) is a circulatory anastomosis surrounding the optic chiasma and hypothalamus that supplies blood to the brain and surrounding structures. It has been implicated in several cerebrovascular disorders, including cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA)-associated vasculopathies, intracranial atherosclerosis and intracranial aneurysms. Studies of the molecular mechanisms underlying these diseases for the identification of novel drug targets for their prevention require animal models. Some of these models may be transgenic, whereas others will involve isolation of the cerebro-vasculature, including the CoW.The method described here is suitable for CoW isolation in any mouse lineage and has considerable potential for screening (expression of genes, protein production, posttranslational protein modifications, secretome analysis, etc.) studies on the large vessels of the mouse cerebro-vasculature. It can also be used for ex vivo studies, by adapting the organ bath system developed for isolated mouse olfactory arteries.

We describe here a reproducible protocol for isolating the mouse circle of Willis.

协议隔离威利斯的鼠标圈

The cerebral arterial circle (circulus arteriosus cerebri) or circle of Willis (CoW) is a circulatory anastomosis surrounding the optic chiasma and ...

In-depth Physiological Analysis of Defined Cell Populations in Acute Tissue Slices of the Mouse Vomeronasal Organ

In most mammals, the vomeronasal organ (VNO) is a chemosensory structure that detects both hetero- and conspecific social cues. Vomeronasal sensory neurons (VSNs) express a specific type of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) from at least three different chemoreceptor gene families allowing sensitive and specific detection of chemosensory cues. These families comprise the V1r and V2r gene families as well as the formyl peptide receptor (FPR)-related sequence (Fpr-rs) family of putative chemoreceptor genes. In order to understand the physiology of vomeronasal receptor-ligand interactions and downstream signaling, it is essential to identify the biophysical properties inherent to each specific class of VSNs.
The physiological approach described here allows identification and in-depth analysis of a defined population of sensory neurons using a transgenic mouse line (Fpr-rs3-i-Venus). The use of this protocol, however, is not restricted to this specific line and thus can easily be extended to other genetically modified lines or wild type animals.

Here, we describe a physiological approach that allows identification and in-depth analysis of a defined population of sensory neurons in acute coronal tissue slices of the mouse vomeronasal organ using whole-cell patch-clamp recordings.

在小鼠犁鼻急性组织切片定义细胞群的深入生理学分析

In most mammals, the vomeronasal organ (VNO) is a chemosensory structure that detects both hetero- and conspecific social cues. Vomeronasal sensory ...

A Simple One-step Dissection Protocol for Whole-mount Preparation of Adult Drosophila Brains

There is an increasing interest in using Drosophila to model human brain degenerative diseases, map neuronal circuitries in adult brains, and study the molecular and cellular basis of higher brain functions. A whole-mount preparation of adult brains with well-preserved morphology is critical for such whole brain-based studies, but can be technically challenging and time-consuming. This protocol describes an easy-to-learn, one-step dissection approach of an adult fly head in less than 10 s, while keeping the intact brain attached to the rest of the body to facilitate subsequent processing steps. The procedure helps remove most of the eye and tracheal tissues normally associated with the brain that can interfere with the later imaging step, and also places less demand on the quality of the dissecting forceps. Additionally, we describe a simple method that allows convenient flipping of the mounted brain samples on a coverslip, which is important for imaging both sides of the brains with similar signal intensity and quality. As an example of the protocol, we present an analysis of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in adult brains of WT (w1118) flies. The high efficacy of the dissection method makes it particularly useful for large-scale adult brain-based studies in Drosophila.

A Simple One-step Dissection Protocol for Whole-mount Preparation of Adult Drosophila Brains

The adult Drosophila brain is a valuable system for studying neuronal circuitry, higher brain functions, and complex disorders. An efficient method to dissect whole brain tissue from the small fly head will facilitate brain-based studies. Here we describe a simple, one-step dissection protocol of adult brains with well-preserved morphology.

一个简单的一步解剖协议成人全安装准备<em&gt;果蝇</em&gt;脑

There is an increasing interest in using Drosophila to model human brain degenerative diseases, map neuronal circuitries in adult brains, and study the ...