Ce travail a été soutenu par Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, le Centre allemand pour les maladies neurodégénératives (DZNE), le ministère fédéral allemand de l’éducation et la recherche (BMBF, Förderkennzeichen 01GQ1001A), NeuroCure et la Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz prize de la DFG. Nous remercions Shimpei Ishiyama d’excellent graphisme et Juliane Diederichs excellente assistance technique.

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Modularité dans le cortex cérébral a été identifiée à l’aide d’une variété de techniques. Les premiers modules corticale études généralement identifiés en soit visualisant cellulaires denses régions, ou l’absence de fibres1. Les méthodes suivantes ont utilisé la présence de faisceaux dendritiques24, afférences d’une région donnée25ou enrichissement des neurotransmetteurs26. Nous démontrons ici deux...

Certains des changements plus importants dans la structure du cerveau dans la phylogénie peuvent être observée dans le cortex cérébral. Malgré les différences significatives, le cortex des animaux suit un modèle commun et peut être largement divisé de deux manières distinctes, par couches et domaines1. Les couches corticales se positionner parallèles à la surface du cerveau et varient en nombre de 3 couches en cortex Reptilien2 à 6 couches de mammifère cortex1. Aires corticales sont quant à eux des régions distinctes du cortex qui correspondent en grande partie aux fonctionnalités distinctes, par exemple, le cortex somatosensoriel est impliqué dans la sensation de toucher ou le cortex visuel dans le traitement des entrées visuelles. Ces aires corticales peuvent souvent être subdivisés en3modules ou correctifs, qui répètent régulièrement les structures anatomiques, trouves essentiellement parallèles à la surface pial du cerveau. Modules corticales peuvent être limités à un calque particulier4ou étendent à travers plusieurs couches5.
Méthodes standard de sectionnement du cerveau impliquent sections perpendiculaires à la surface du cerveau, comme coronale ou sagittal. Alors que ces méthodes peuvent être utilisées pour visualiser les modules corticales, une multitude de fonctionnalités intéressantes peut être révélée lorsque les modules corticales sont visualisées tangentiellement, dans un plan parallèle à la surface du cerveau. Par exemple, modules somatosensoriels dans le cerveau de rongeur qui représentent les moustaches, apparaissent comme des barils quand visualisé perpendiculairement à la surface du cerveau, et donc les régions tirent le cortex de baril de nom. Cependant, sur la visualisation des barriques dans une orientation tangentielle, ils révèlent une moustache-carte, avec les barils étant disposées dans une orientation topographique la disposition exacte des moustaches à la surface externe de la mise en miroir. Dans certains cas, arrangement modulaire a même échappé de détection pendant une longue période, lorsque visualisé de manière non-tangentielle. Le cortex entorhinal médial, est connu pour la présence de cellules de la grille, les neurones qui se déclenchent selon un arrangement hexagonal régulier lorsqu’un animal parcourt un environnement. Même si c’est une zone fortement étudiée, jusqu'à récemment, la présence de plaques ou de modules de cellules dans le cortex entorhinal médial, qui sont physiquement disposées dans un arrangement hexagonal6, avait échappé à détection. La présence et l’arrangement de ces modules, dans le cerveau de rat, a été facilitée par des sections tangentielles du cortex entorhinal médial et étudie la cytoarchitecture de manière layer-wise.
À la suite de sectionnement, l’aspect particulier de la visualisation des modules corticales aussi peut être réalisé que de multiples façons. Classiquement, des études ont délimité des modules basés sur des cellules densité ou fibre mise en page1. Une autre méthode populaire est l’utilisation de la cytochrome oxydase histochimie, qui révèle des zones d’activité supérieur8. Des approches plus récentes incluent regardant des types de cellules génétiquement déterminée, distinguées sur la base de leur protéine expression profils6,8.
Dans cette étude, nous mettons en évidence les méthodes pour isoler le cortex du cerveau chez les mammifères, obtenir des sections tangentielles aplaties et visualiser les corticales modules basés sur la cytochrome oxydase histochimie et immunohistochimie de protéines spécifiques de type cellulaire.

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			<td>Cytochrome oxidase staining</td>
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			<td>Cytochrome c from equine heart</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>C2506</td>
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			<td>3,3&#39;Diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride hydrate</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>D5637</td>
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			<td>D(+)-Saccharose</td>
			<td>Carl Roth&#160;</td>
			<td>4621.1</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Ammonium nickel(II) sulfate hexahydrate</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>A1827</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>HEPES</td>
			<td>Carl Roth&#160;</td>
			<td>9105.4</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Name</td>
			<td>Company</td>
			<td>Catalog Number</td>
			<td>Comments</td>
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			<td>Antigen retrieval</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Trisodium citrate dihydrate</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>S1804</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Citric acid monohydrate</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>C1909</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Name</td>
			<td>Company</td>
			<td>Catalog Number</td>
			<td>Comments</td>
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			<td>Phosphate buffer/phosphate-buffered saline/prefix/PFA</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Potassium dihydrogen phosphate</td>
			<td>Carl Roth</td>
			<td>3904.2</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Sodium chloride</td>
			<td>Carl Roth</td>
			<td>9265.1</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Di-Sodium hydrogen phosphate dihydrate</td>
			<td>Carl Roth</td>
			<td>4984.3</td>
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			<td>Paraformaldehyde</td>
			<td>Carl Roth</td>
			<td>0335.3</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>TRITON-X 100</td>
			<td>Carl Roth</td>
			<td>3051.3</td>
			<td></td>
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		<tr>
			<td>Name</td>
			<td>Company</td>
			<td>Catalog Number</td>
			<td>Comments</td>
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			<td>Immunohistochemistry</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Calbindin D-28k puriefied from chicken gut, Mouse monoclonal</td>
			<td>Swant</td>
			<td>RRID: AB_10000347</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Calbindin D-28k from recombinant rat calbindin D-28k, Rabbit polyclonal</td>
			<td>Swant</td>
			<td>RRID: AB_10000340</td>
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			<td>Albumin Fraction V, biotin free</td>
			<td>Carl Roth</td>
			<td>0163.4</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Name</td>
			<td>Company</td>
			<td>Catalog Number</td>
			<td>Comments</td>
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			<td>Mounting or freezing media</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Fluoromount (immunofluorescence)</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>F4680</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Eukitt (histochemistry)</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>03989</td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Tissue freezing medium</td>
			<td>Leica Biosystems</td>
			<td>NC0696746</td>
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		<tr>
			<td>Name</td>
			<td>Company</td>
			<td>Catalog Number</td>
			<td>Comments</td>
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			<td>Alcohol dehydration</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
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			<td>Ethanol 100%</td>
			<td>Carl Roth</td>
			<td>9065.3</td>
			<td></td>
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visualization of cortical modules in flattened mammalian cortices

Le cortex du cerveau chez les mammifères est parcellated en sous-structures distinctes ou modules. Corticales modules généralement se positionner parallèles à la fiche corticale et peuvent être délimités par certaines méthodes histochimiques et immunohistochimiques. Dans cette étude, nous mettons en évidence une méthode pour isoler le cortex du cerveau chez les mammifères et aplatir pour obtenir parallèle de sections à la fiche corticale. Nous avons en outre point culminant choisi histochimiques et méthodes immunohistochimiques pour traiter ces aplati sections tangentielles pour visualiser les modules corticales. Dans le cortex somatosensoriel de divers mammifères, nous effectuons l’histochimie cytochrome oxydase pour révéler des cartes de corps ou corticales modules représentant les différentes parties du corps de l’animal. Dans le cortex entorhinal médial, une zone où les cellules de la grille sont générés, nous utilisons des méthodes immunohistochimiques pour mettre en évidence des modules de neurones génétiquement déterminés qui sont disposées en forme de grille dans la fiche corticale chez plusieurs espèces. Dans l’ensemble, nous fournissons un cadre pour isoler et préparer schichtweisen aplati sections corticales et visualiser les modules corticales en utilisant histochimiques et méthodes immunohistochimiques dans une grande variété de mammifères cerveaux.

Nous avons obtenu aplaties sections corticales du cortex somatosensoriel dans une variété de cerveaux et eux pour histochimie cytochrome oxydase de visualiser les modules somatotopique représentant les différentes parties du corps traitées. Cette approche comparative permet d’étudier les forces évolutives que cortex de la forme, par exemple, indiquer la répartition hautement conservée des vibrissae mystacial chez les rongeurs et lagomorpha barils21</s...

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Cet article décrit une méthodologie détaillée pour obtenir aplaties sections tangentielles des cortex mammifère et visualiser les modules corticales en utilisant histochimiques et méthodes immunohistochimiques.

Visualisation des Modules corticales dans cortex mammifère aplatie

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Visualization of Larval Segmental Nerves in 3rd Instar Drosophila Larval Preparations

Drosophila melanogaster is emerging as a powerful model system for studying the development and function of the nervous system, particularly because of its convenient genetics and fully sequenced genome. Additionally, the larval nervous system is an ideal model system to study mechanisms of axonal transport as the larval segmental nerves contain bundles of axons with their cell bodies located within the brain and their nerve terminals ending along the length of the body. Here we describe the procedure for visualization of synaptic vesicle proteins within larval segmental nerves. If done correctly, all components of the nervous system, along with associated tissues such as muscles and NMJs, remain intact, undamaged, and ready to be visualized. 3rd instar larvae carrying various mutations are dissected, fixed, incubated with synaptic vesicle antibodies, visualized and compared to wild type larvae. This procedure can be adapted for several different synaptic or neuronal antibodies and changes in the distribution of a variety of proteins can be easily observed within larval segmental nerves.

Visualization of Larval Segmental Nerves in 3rd Instar Drosophila Larval Preparations

Drosophila melanogaster larvae provide an ideal model system to investigate the mechanisms of axonal transport within larval segmental nerves. Using this procedure, 3rd instar larvae carrying various mutations can be compared to wild type larvae.

Visualisation des larves nerfs segmentaires en 3 Rd Instar Drosophile Les préparatifs des larves

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In vivo Visualization of Synaptic Vesicles Within Drosophila Larval Segmental Axons

Elucidating the mechanisms of axonal transport has shown to be very important in determining how defects in long distance transport affect different neurological diseases. Defects in this essential process can have detrimental effects on neuronal functioning and development. We have developed a dissection protocol that is designed to expose the Drosophila larval segmental nerves to view axonal transport in real time. We have adapted this protocol for live imaging from the one published by Hurd and Saxton (1996) used for immunolocalizatin of larval segmental nerves. Careful dissection and proper buffer conditions are critical for maximizing the lifespan of the dissected larvae. When properly done, dissected larvae have shown robust vesicle transport for 2-3 hours under physiological conditions. We use the UAS-GAL4 method 1 to express GFP-tagged APP or synaptotagmin vesicles within a single axon or many axons in larval segmental nerves by using different neuronal GAL4 drivers. Other fluorescently tagged markers, for example mitochrondria (MitoTracker) or lysosomes (LysoTracker), can be also applied to the larvae before viewing. GFP-vesicle movement and particle movement can be viewed simultaneously using separate wavelengths.

In vivo Visualization of Synaptic Vesicles Within Drosophila Larval Segmental Axons

This protocol discusses the live dissection of Drosophila larvae for the purpose of imaging the movement of GFP tagged axonal vesicles on microtubule tracks.

Visualisation in vivo des vésicules synaptiques Dans Drosophila larves axones segmentaire

Elucidating the mechanisms of axonal transport has shown to be very important in determining how defects in long distance transport affect different ...

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.

Lecture automatique Interactive Video pour les études de la communication animale

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

Functional Calcium Imaging in Developing Cortical Networks

A hallmark pattern of activity in developing nervous systems is spontaneous, synchronized network activity. Synchronized activity has been observed in intact spinal cord, brainstem, retina, cortex and dissociated neuronal culture preparations. During periods of spontaneous activity, neurons depolarize to fire single or bursts of action potentials, activating many ion channels. Depolarization activates voltage-gated calcium channels on dendrites and spines that mediate calcium influx. Highly synchronized electrical activity has been measured from local neuronal networks using field electrodes. This technique enables high temporal sampling rates but lower spatial resolution due to integrated read-out of multiple neurons at one electrode. Single cell resolution of neuronal activity is possible using patch-clamp electrophysiology on single neurons to measure firing activity. However, the ability to measure from a network is limited to the number of neurons patched simultaneously, and typically is only one or two neurons. The use of calcium-dependent fluorescent indicator dyes has enabled the measurement of synchronized activity across a network of cells. This technique gives both high spatial resolution and sufficient temporal sampling to record spontaneous activity of the developing network.
A key feature of newly-forming cortical and hippocampal networks during pre- and early postnatal development is spontaneous, synchronized neuronal activity (Katz &amp; Shatz, 1996; Khaziphov &amp; Luhmann, 2006). This correlated network activity is believed to be essential for the generation of functional circuits in the developing nervous system (Spitzer, 2006). In both primate and rodent brain, early electrical and calcium network waves are observed pre- and postnatally in vivo and in vitro (Adelsberger et al., 2005; Garaschuk et al., 2000; Lamblin et al., 1999). These early activity patterns, which are known to control several developmental processes including neuronal differentiation, synaptogenesis and plasticity (Rakic &amp; Komuro, 1995; Spitzer et al., 2004) are of critical importance for the correct development and maturation of the cortical circuitry.
In this JoVE video, we demonstrate the methods used to image spontaneous activity in developing cortical networks. Calcium-sensitive indicators, such as Fura 2-AM ester diffuse across the cell membrane where intracellular esterase activity cleaves the AM esters to leave the cell-impermeant form of indicator dye. The impermeant form of indicator has carboxylic acid groups which are able to then detect and bind calcium ions intracellularly.. The fluorescence of the calcium-sensitive dye is transiently altered upon binding to calcium. Single or multi-photon imaging techniques are used to measure the change in photons being emitted from the dye, and thus indicate an alteration in intracellular calcium. Furthermore, these calcium-dependent indicators can be combined with other fluorescent markers to investigate cell types within the active network.

Spontaneous activity of developing neuronal networks can be measured using AM-ester forms of calcium-sensitive indicator dyes. Changes in intracellular calcium, indicating neuronal activation, are detected as transient changes in indicator fluorescence with one- or two-photon imaging. This protocol can be adapted for a range of developmentally-dependent neuronal networks in vitro.

Imagerie fonctionnelle en calcium développement des réseaux corticaux

A hallmark pattern of activity in developing nervous systems is spontaneous, synchronized network activity. Synchronized activity has been observed in ...

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.

Visualisation des propriocepteurs dans<em&gt; Drosophila</emLes larves&gt; et pupes

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 ...

Isolation and Culture of Mouse Cortical Astrocytes

Astrocytes are an abundant cell type in the mammalian brain, yet much remains to be learned about their molecular and functional characteristics. In vitro astrocyte cell culture systems can be used to study the biological functions of these glial cells in detail. This video protocol shows how to obtain pure astrocytes by isolation and culture of mixed cortical cells of mouse pups. The method is based on the absence of viable neurons and the separation of astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and microglia, the three main glial cell populations of the central nervous system, in culture. Representative images during the first days of culture demonstrate the presence of a mixed cell population and indicate the timepoint, when astrocytes become confluent and should be separated from microglia and oligodendrocytes. Moreover, we demonstrate purity and astrocytic morphology of cultured astrocytes using immunocytochemical stainings for well established and newly described astrocyte markers. This culture system can be easily used to obtain pure mouse astrocytes and astrocyte-conditioned medium for studying various aspects of astrocyte biology.

Astrocytes have been recognized to be versatile cells participating in fundamental biological processes that are essential for normal brain development and function, and central nervous system repair. Here we present a rapid procedure to obtain pure mouse astrocyte cultures to study the biology of this major class of central nervous system cells.

Isolement et culture des astrocytes corticaux de souris

Astrocytes  are an abundant cell type in the mammalian brain, yet much remains to be  learned about their molecular and functional characteristics. In ...

In Vivo Two-photon Imaging Of Experience-dependent Molecular Changes In Cortical Neurons

The brain's ability to change in response to experience is essential for healthy brain function, and abnormalities in this process contribute to a variety of brain disorders1,2. To better understand the mechanisms by which brain circuits react to an animal's experience requires the ability to monitor the experience-dependent molecular changes in a given set of neurons, over a prolonged period of time, in the live animal. While experience and associated neural activity is known to trigger gene expression changes in neurons1,2, most of the methods to detect such changes do not allow repeated observation of the same neurons over multiple days or do not have sufficient resolution to observe individual neurons3,4. Here, we describe a method that combines in vivo two-photon microscopy with a genetically encoded fluorescent reporter to track experience-dependent gene expression changes in individual cortical neurons over the course of day-to-day experience. 
One of the well-established experience-dependent genes is Activity-regulated cytoskeletal associated protein (Arc)5,6. The transcription of Arc is rapidly and highly induced by intensified neuronal activity3, and its protein product regulates the endocytosis of glutamate receptors and long-term synaptic plasticity7. The expression of Arc has been widely used as a molecular marker to map neuronal circuits involved in specific behaviors3. In most of those studies, Arc expression was detected by in situ hybridization or immunohistochemistry in fixed brain sections. Although those methods revealed that the expression of Arc was localized to a subset of excitatory neurons after behavioral experience, how the cellular patterns of Arc expression might change with multiple episodes of repeated or distinctive experiences over days was not investigated. 
In vivo two-photon microscopy offers a powerful way to examine experience-dependent cellular changes in the living brain8,9. To enable the examination of Arc expression in live neurons by two-photon microscopy, we previously generated a knock-in mouse line in which a GFP reporter is placed under the control of the endogenous Arc promoter10. This protocol describes the surgical preparations and imaging procedures for tracking experience-dependent Arc-GFP expression patterns in neuronal ensembles in the live animal. In this method, chronic cranial windows were first implanted in Arc-GFP mice over the cortical regions of interest. Those animals were then repeatedly imaged by two-photon microscopy after desired behavioral paradigms over the course of several days. This method may be generally applicable to animals carrying other fluorescent reporters of experience-dependent molecular changes4.

In Vivo Two-photon Imaging Of Experience-dependent Molecular Changes In Cortical Neurons

Experience-dependent molecular changes in neurons are essential for the brain's ability to adapt in response to behavioral challenges. An in vivo two-photon imaging method is described here that allows the tracking of such molecular changes in individual cortical neurons through genetically encoded reporters.

In Vivo Imagerie biphotonique d&#39;expérience qui dépendent des changements moléculaires dans les neurones corticaux

The brain's ability to change in response to experience is essential for healthy brain function, and abnormalities in this process contribute to a variety ...

Subtype-selective Electroporation of Cortical Interneurons

The study of central nervous system (CNS) maturation relies on genetic targeting of neuronal populations. However, the task of restricting the expression of genes of interest to specific neuronal subtypes has proven remarkably challenging due to the relative scarcity of specific promoter elements. GABAergic interneurons constitute a neuronal population with extensive genetic and morphological diversity. Indeed, more than 11 different subtypes of GABAergic interneurons have been characterized in the mouse cortex1. Here we present an adapted protocol for selective targeting of GABAergic populations. We achieved subtype selective targeting of GABAergic interneurons by using the enhancer element of the homeobox transcription factors Dlx5 and Dlx6, homologues of the Drosophila distal-less (Dll) gene2,3, to drive the expression of specific genes through in utero electroporation.

This procedure shows how to target interneurons in the developing mouse forebrain by means of in utero electroporation. This technique was particularly efficient to achieve selective gene expression in interneuron subtypes destined to the superficial layers of the cortex.

Sous-sélective électroporation corticaux Interneurones

The study of central nervous system (CNS) maturation relies on genetic targeting of neuronal populations. However, the task of restricting the expression ...

Quantification of Filamentous Actin (F-actin) Puncta in Rat Cortical Neurons

Filamentous actin protein (F-actin) plays a major role in spinogenesis, synaptic plasticity, and synaptic stability. Changes in dendritic F-actin rich structures suggest alterations in synaptic integrity and connectivity. Here we provide a detailed protocol for culturing primary rat cortical neurons, Phalloidin staining for F-actin puncta, and subsequent quantification techniques. First, the frontal cortex of E18 rat embryos are dissociated into low-density cell culture, then the neurons grown in vitro for at least 12-14 days. Following experimental treatment, the cortical neurons are stained with AlexaFluor 488 Phalloidin (to label the dendritic F-actin puncta) and microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2; to validate the neuronal cells and dendritic integrity). Finally, specialized software is used to analyze and quantify randomly selected neuronal dendrites. F-actin rich structures are identified on second order dendritic branches (length range 25-75 &#181;m) with continuous MAP2 immunofluorescence. The protocol presented here will be a useful method for investigating changes in dendritic synapse structures subsequent to experimental treatments.

Quantification of Filamentous Actin F-actin Puncta in Rat Cortical Neurons

Filamentous actin (F-actin) plays an important role in spinogenesis, synaptic plasticity, and synaptic stability. Quantification of F-actin puncta is therefore a useful tool to study the integrity of synaptic structures. This protocol describes the procedures of quantifying F-actin puncta labeled with Phalloidin in low-density primary cortical neuronal cultures.

Quantification des filamenteuses Actine (F-actine) punctas chez le rat neurones corticaux

Filamentous actin protein (F-actin) plays a major role in spinogenesis, synaptic plasticity, and synaptic stability. Changes in dendritic F-actin rich ...

Visualization of Thalamocortical Axon Branching and Synapse Formation in Organotypic Cocultures

Axon branching and synapse formation are crucial processes for establishing precise neuronal circuits. During development, sensory thalamocortical (TC) axons form branches and synapses in specific layers of the cerebral cortex. Despite the obvious spatial correlation between axon branching and synapse formation, the causal relationship between them is poorly understood. To address this issue, we recently developed a method for simultaneous imaging of branching and synapse formation of individual TC axons in organotypic cocultures.
This protocol describes a method which consists of a combination of an organotypic coculture and electroporation. Organotypic cocultures of the thalamus and cerebral cortex facilitate gene manipulation and observation of axonal processes, preserving characteristic structures such as laminar configuration. Two distinct plasmids encoding DsRed and EGFP-tagged synaptophysin (SYP-EGFP) were co-transfected into a small number of thalamic neurons by an electroporation technique. This method allowed us to visualize individual axonal morphologies of TC neurons and their presynaptic sites simultaneously. The method also enabled long-term observation which revealed the causal relationship between axon branching and synapse formation.

This protocol describes a method for simultaneous imaging of thalamocortical axon branching and synapse formation in organotypic cocultures of the thalamus and cerebral cortex. Individual thalamocortical axons and their presynaptic terminals are visualized by a single cell electroporation technique with DsRed and GFP-tagged synaptophysin.

Visualisation de Thalamocortical Axon Branching et Synapse Formation chez organotypique Cocultures

Axon branching and synapse formation are crucial processes for establishing precise neuronal circuits. During development, sensory thalamocortical (TC) ...

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