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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2018

Visualization of Motor Axon Navigation and Quantification of Axon Arborization In Mouse Embryos Using Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy.

Ee Shan Liau, Ya-Ping Yen, Jun-An Chen

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. eLife · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ee Shan LiauMolecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center; Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica.
Ya-Ping YenInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica; Institute of Biotechnology, College of Bio-Resources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University.
Jun-An ChenMolecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center; Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica; jachen@imb.sinica.edu.tw.
Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica · TWNational Defense Medical Center · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal motor neurons (MNs) extend their axons to communicate with their innervating targets, thereby controlling movement and complex tasks in vertebrates. Thus, it is critical to uncover the molecular mechanisms of how motor axons navigate to, arborize, and innervate their peripheral muscle targets during development and degeneration. Although transgenic Hb9::GFP mouse lines have long served to visualize motor axon trajectories during embryonic development, detailed descriptions of the full spectrum of axon terminal arborization remain incomplete due to the pattern complexity and limitations of current optical microscopy. Here, we describe an improved protocol that combines light sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) and robust image analysis to qualitatively and quantitatively visualize developing motor axons. This system can be easily adopted to cross genetic mutants or MN disease models with Hb9::GFP lines, revealing novel molecular mechanisms that lead to defects in motor axon navigation and arborization.

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AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedAxonsMiceMicroscopy, FluorescenceMotor Neurons

Identifiers

PMID29806844
PMCPMC6101169
OpenAlexW2801115307

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