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ArticlePhysiological reports2014

A method for longitudinal, transcranial imaging of blood flow and remodeling of the cerebral vasculature in postnatal mice.

Annelise Letourneur, Victoria Chen, Gar Waterman, Patrick J Drew

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Article in Physiological reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Annelise LetourneurDepartment of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Center for Neural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania CNRS, CEA, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, UMR 6301 ISTCT, CERVOxy. GIP CYCERON, Caen, France.
Victoria ChenDepartment of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Center for Neural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Gar WatermanDepartment of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Center for Neural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Patrick J DrewDepartment of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Center for Neural Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania Department of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania State University · USCommissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives · FR

Funding

Imaging neurovascular coupling and functional connectivity in the behaving mouseR01NS078168 · NINDS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI DREW, PATRICK JAMES · 2013 to 2023
$3.3M
Neurovascular coupling during spontaneous and sensory evoked activityR01NS079737 · NINDS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI DREW, PATRICK JAMES · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
Innovations at the Intersection of Neural Engineering, Materials Sci & MedicineP30NS070701 · NINDS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI SCHIFF, STEVEN J · 2009 to 2010
$999k
NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS070701NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS078168NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS079737
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the weeks following birth, both the brain and the vascular network that supplies it undergo dramatic alteration. While studies of the postnatal evolution of the pial vasculature and blood flow through its vessels have been previously done histologically or acutely, here we describe a neonatal reinforced thin-skull preparation for longitudinally imaging the development of the pial vasculature in mice using two-photon laser scanning microscopy. Starting with mice as young as postnatal day 2 (P2), we are able to chronically image cortical areas >1 mm(2), repeatedly for several consecutive days, allowing us to observe the remodeling of the pial arterial and venous networks. We used this method to measure blood velocity in individual vessels over multiple days, and show that blood flow through individual pial venules was correlated with subsequent diameter changes. This preparation allows the longitudinal imaging of the developing mammalian cerebral vascular network and its physiology.

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Cerebral vasculaturedevelopmentimagingtwo‐photon

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PMID25524276
PMCPMC4332216
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