Live imaging of dorsal root regeneration and the resurgence of a forgotten idea.
Live imaging of dorsal root regeneration and the resurgence of a forgotten idea.
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DOI:
10.1227/01.neu.0000400019.16401.c3
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发表时间:
2011-08
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4.8
通讯作者:
Amgad S. Hanna;Y. Son;R. Dempsey
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作者:
Amgad S. Hanna;Y. Son;R. Dempsey
I n the paper (DiMaio A, Skuba A, Himes BT, et al. In vivo imaging of dorsal root regeneration: rapid immobilization and presynaptic differentiation at the CNS/PNS border. J Neurosci. 2011;31(12): 4569-4582), the authors present the first in vivo imaging of dorsal root (DR) regeneration. Dynamic cellular processes, including axon regeneration and the interactions between axons and the environment that determine the success or failure of regeneration, are best studied with techniques that capture real-time events with multiple observations of each living animal. Our ability to monitor neurons serially in vivo has increased dramatically owing to revolutionary innovations in optics and mouse transgenics. Imaging studies of neurons in living spinal cord have only recently begun and provided novel insights into physiological mechanisms that static analyses could not have resolved. The authors demonstrated a growth rate of .1.5 mm/d (Figure 1), contrary to the conventionally known 1 mm/d. Upon reaching the central nervous system (CNS) at the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ), unexpectedly, these axons rapidly stalled and then remained completely immobile, even after conditioning lesions that enhanced intrinsic growth potential. Adult mice from transgenic strains thy1YFPH and thy1-YFP16 were used. These express yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) under