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ArticleFrontiers in neural circuits2014

Simultaneous visualization of extrinsic and intrinsic axon collaterals in Golgi-like detail for mouse corticothalamic and corticocortical cells: a double viral infection method.

Akiya Watakabe, Masafumi Takaji, Shigeki Kato, Kazuto Kobayashi, Hiroaki Mizukami, Keiya Ozawa, Sonoko Ohsawa, Ryosuke Matsui, Dai Watanabe, Tetsuo Yamamori

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Article in Frontiers in neural circuits, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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10 authors.

Akiya WatakabeDivision of Brain Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology Okazaki, Japan.
Masafumi TakajiDivision of Brain Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology Okazaki, Japan.
Shigeki KatoDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Fukushima, Japan.
Kazuto KobayashiDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine Fukushima, Japan.
Hiroaki MizukamiDivision of Genetic Therapeutics, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University Shimotsuke, Japan.
Keiya OzawaDivision of Genetic Therapeutics, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University Shimotsuke, Japan.
Sonoko OhsawaDivision of Brain Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology Okazaki, Japan.
Ryosuke MatsuiDepartment of Molecular and Systems Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan.
Dai WatanabeDepartment of Molecular and Systems Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan.
Tetsuo YamamoriDivision of Brain Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology Okazaki, Japan.

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Abstract

Here we present a novel tracing technique to stain projection neurons in Golgi-like detail by double viral infection. We used retrograde lentiviral vectors and adeno-associated viral vectors (AAV) to drive "TET-ON/TET-OFF system" in neurons connecting two regions. Using this method, we successfully labeled the corticothalamic (CT) cells of the mouse somatosensory barrel field (S1BF) and motor cortex (M1) in their entirety. We also labeled contra- and ipsilaterally-projecting corticocortical (CC) cells of M1 by targeting contralateral M1 or ipsilateral S1 for retrograde infection. The strength of this method is that we can observe the morphology of specific projection neuron subtypes en masse. We found that the group of CT cells extends their dendrites and intrinsic axons extensively below but not within the thalamorecipient layer in both S1BF and M1, suggesting that the primary target of this cell type is not layer 4. We also found that both ipsi- and contralateral targeting CC cells in M1 commonly exhibit widespread collateral extensions to contralateral M1 (layers 1-6), bilateral S1 and S2 (layers 1, 5 and 6), perirhinal cortex (layers 1, 2/3, 5, and 6), striatum and claustrum. These findings not only strengthened the previous findings of single cell tracings but also extended them by enabling cross-area comparison of CT cells or comparison of CC cells of two different labeling.

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AnimalsAxonsCholera ToxinDependovirusFemaleFunctional LateralityGenetic VectorsLentivirusLuminescent ProteinsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMotor CortexNerve NetNeural PathwaysSomatosensory CortexCholera ToxinLuminescent ProteinsVesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 2AAVaxon collateralcorticothalamicpyramidalretrograde viral vectortracer

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