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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2010

DiOLISTIC labeling of neurons from rodent and non-human primate brain slices.

Gail K Seabold, James B Daunais, Andrew Rau, Kathleen A Grant, Veronica A Alvarez

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35 citing papers in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

5 authors.

Gail K SeaboldSection on Neuronal Structure, Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience, NIH - National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
James B Daunais
Andrew Rau
Kathleen A Grant
Veronica A Alvarez

Funding

Synaptic mechanisms underlying reward seeking and compulsive drug useZIAAA000421 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI ALVAREZ, VERONICA A · 2009 to 2025
$23.1M
Stress and Ethanol Self-Administration in MonkeysU01AA013510 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KATHLEEN A GRANT · 2002 to 2026
$11.8M
INIA: Stress, Anxiety of Alcohol AbuseU01AA013641 · NIAAA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GRANT, KATHLEEN A · 2002 to 2015
$8.8M
Intramural NIH HHSNIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA013510NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA013641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DiOLISTIC staining uses the gene gun to introduce fluorescent dyes, such as DiI, into neurons of brain slices (Gan et al., 2009; O'Brien and Lummis, 2007; Gan et al., 2000). Here we provide a detailed description of each step required together with exemplary images of good and bad outcomes that will help when setting up the technique. In our experience, a few steps proved critical for the successful application of DiOLISTICS. These considerations include the quality of the DiI-coated bullets, the extent of fixative exposure, and the concentration of detergent used in the incubation solutions. Tips and solutions for common problems are provided. This is a versatile labeling technique that can be applied to multiple animal species at a wide range of ages. Unlike other fluorescent labeling techniques that are limited to preparations from young animals or restricted to mice because they rely on the expression of a fluorescent transgene, DiOLISTIC labeling can be applied to animals of all ages, species and genotypes and it can be used in combination with immunostaining to identify a specific subpopulation of cells. Here we demonstrate the use of DiOLISTICS to label neurons in brain slices from adult mice and adult non-human primates with the purpose of quantifying dendrite branching and dendritic spine morphology.

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AnimalsBiolisticsBrainBrain ChemistryDendritesHaplorhiniMiceMicroscopy, ConfocalNeuronsTungstenTungsten

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PMCPMC3156079

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