Experience-dependent structural plasticity of pyramidal neurons in the developing sensory cortices

M Wang, X Yu - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Sensory experience regulates the structural and functional wiring of neuronal circuits, during
development and throughout adulthood. Here, we review current knowledge of how …

An entorhinal-visual cortical circuit regulates depression-like behaviors

J Lu, Z Zhang, X Yin, Y Tang, R Ji, H Chen… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder is viewed as a 'circuitopathy'. The hippocampal-entorhinal
network plays a pivotal role in regulation of depression, and its main sensory output, the …

Whole-brain optical imaging: A powerful tool for precise brain mapping at the mesoscopic level

T Jiang, H Gong, J Yuan - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
The mammalian brain is a highly complex network that consists of millions to billions of
densely-interconnected neurons. Precise dissection of neural circuits at the mesoscopic …

A cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical channel underlying short-term memory

Y Wang, X Yin, Z Zhang, J Li, W Zhao, ZV Guo - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Persistent activity underlying short-term memory encodes sensory information or instructs
specific future movement and, consequently, has a crucial role in cognition. Despite …

Expansion-assisted selective plane illumination microscopy for nanoscale imaging of centimeter-scale tissues

A Glaser, J Chandrashekar, S Vasquez, C Arshadi… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Recent advances in tissue processing, labeling, and fluorescence microscopy are providing
unprecedented views of the structure of cells and tissues at sub-diffraction resolutions and …

BrightMice: a low-cost do-it-yourself instrument, designed for in vivo fluorescence mouse imaging

M Boitet, A Achek, K Bouchenaki, R Grailhe - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In vivo fluorescent imaging represents a potent means for real-time probe quantification,
facilitating insights into disease pathophysiology and therapeutic responses. Nonetheless …

Semi-automated workflows to quantify AAV transduction in various brain areas and predict gene editing outcome for neurological disorders

F Duarte, M Ramosaj, E Hasanovic, S Regio… - … Therapy Methods & …, 2023 - cell.com
One obstacle to the development of gene therapies for the central nervous system is the lack
of workflows for quantifying transduction efficiency in affected neural networks and ultimately …

Current and future applications of light-sheet imaging for identifying molecular and developmental processes in autism spectrum disorders

A Soumier, G Lio, C Demily - Molecular Psychiatry, 2024 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is identified by a set of neurodevelopmental divergences
that typically affect the social communication domain. ASD is also characterized by …

Fluorescent transgenic mouse models for whole-brain imaging in health and disease

A Arias, L Manubens-Gil, M Dierssen - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A paradigm shift is occurring in neuroscience and in general in life sciences converting
biomedical research from a descriptive discipline into a quantitative, predictive, actionable …

Sparse imaging and reconstruction tomography for high-speed high-resolution whole-brain imaging

H Chen, T Huang, Y Yang, X Yao, Y Huo, Y Wang… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
Understanding brain functions requires detailed knowledge of long-range connectivity
through which different areas communicate. A key step toward illuminating the long-range …