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2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Neuroscience
Imaging Neural Activity in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex Using Thy1-GCaMP6s Transgenic Mice
Xiaojing Lin 1,2, Tingbao Zhao 3, Wenhui Xiong 1, Shaonan Wen 4, Xiaoming Jin 1, Xiao-Ming Xu 1
1Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Group, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Department of Neurological Surgery and Goodman and Campbell Brain and Spine, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 2Department of Spinal Cord Injury and Repair, Trauma and Orthopedics Institute of Chinese PLA, General Hospital of Jinan Military Region, 3Department of Orthopedics, Shandong Cancer Hospital, Shandong University, 4Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Academy Military Medical Sciences
We describe an experimental procedure for measuring neuronal activity through dual optical windows above bilateral primary somatosensory corticies (S1) in Thy1-GCaMP6s transgenic mice using 2-photon (2P) microscopy in vivo.
Medicine
Spinal Cord Lateral Hemisection and Asymmetric Behavioral Assessments in Adult Rats
Xiao-Jing Lin 1,2,3, Shaonan Wen 2,6, Ling-Xiao Deng 3, Heqiao Dai 3, Xiaolong Du 3, Chen Chen 3,4, Melissa J. Walker 3,4, Ting-Bao Zhao 1,5, Xiao-Ming Xu 3
1Department of Spinal Cord Injury and Repair, Trauma and Orthopedics Institute of Chinese PLA, 960th Hospital, Joint Logistics Support Force of PLA, 2Institute of Military Cognition and Brain Sciences, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Academy of Military Sciences, 3Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Group, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Department of Neurological Surgery and Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 4Program in Medical Neuroscience, Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, 5Department of Orthopedics, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Shandong University, 6Beijing Computing Center, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology
Here we describe surgical procedures to produce a reliable spinal cord lateral hemisection (HX) at the 9th thoracic level in adult rats and neurobehavioral assessments designed for detecting asymmetric deficits after such a unilateral injury.
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