基于微型化双光子荧光显微镜的自由活动小鼠脊髓成像方法
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广东省重点研发计划项目(2018B030331001 LW);中国科学院青年创新促进会项目(2017413 PW);深圳市基础研究学科布局项目(JCYJ20170411140807570 PW)

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An Adapted Spinal Cord Imaging Method in Freely Behaving Mice Using the Miniaturized Two-photon Microscopy
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Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province (2018B030331001 LW), the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017413 PW), and Shenzhen Government Basic Research Grants (JCYJ20170411140807570 PW)

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    脊髓作为连接大脑与周围神经系统的桥梁,在躯体感觉和运动过程中发挥着编码大脑下行指令和外周输入信号的重要作用。通过光学成像方法,实时解析动物行为和脊髓神经活动之间的关系仍是神经科学研究的一大挑战。该文借助微型化双光子荧光显微镜,开发出一套适于自由活动小鼠的脊髓神经细胞活体成像方法,并通过对脊髓前动脉血管的成像,评估了该方法在无束缚环境中自由活动的动物自发行为和剧烈运动过程中的图像质量和成像稳定性。从物理层面解决了以往研究所面临的由于脊髓无规则运动导致的图像偏差和丢失等关键问题,实现了基于微型化双光子荧光显微镜的活体脊髓稳定成像。此外,利用该方法,还实现了小鼠脊髓背角浅层神经元活动中单个神经元钙信号的实时成像。这将为探究脊髓在躯体感觉和运动过程中神经元活动模式提供技术支持,对推动脊髓功能神经网络的研究具有重要意义。

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    The spinal cord connects the brain to the peripheral nervous systemand plays an important role in encoding downstream brain commands and peripheral input signals during somatosensory and motor processes. Resolving the relationship between animal behavior and spinal cord neural activity through optical imaging remains a major challenge in neuroscience research. We have developed a method for in vivo imaging of the spinal cord in freely behaving mice using miniaturized two-photon fluorescence microscopy. The image quality and imaging stability of the method were evaluated by imaging the anterior spinal artery vessels, during spontaneous behavior and strenuous movements of freely behaving animals in an unrestrained environment. This physically solves the key problems in previous studies, such as image bias and loss due to the irregular motion of the spinal cord, and it achieves stable imaging of the spinal cordinfreely behaving mice based on miniaturized two-photon fluorescence microscopy. In addition, this method enables real-time imaging of individual neuronal calcium signals in the superficial neuronal activity of the spinal dorsal horn. This will provide technical support to explore the neuronal activity patterns in the spinal cord during somatosensory and motor processes, it’s important for advancing the study of spinal cordrelated functional neural networks.

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矣文玲,巨富荣,王立平,等.基于微型化双光子荧光显微镜的自由活动小鼠脊髓成像方法 [J].集成技术,2021,10(6):97-110

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YI Wenling, JU Furong, WANG Liping, et al. An Adapted Spinal Cord Imaging Method in Freely Behaving Mice Using the Miniaturized Two-photon Microscopy[J]. Journal of Integration Technology,2021,10(6):97-110

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