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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2019

Using Near-infrared Fluorescence and High-resolution Scanning to Measure Protein Expression in the Rodent Brain.

Brianna Kimmelmann-Shultz, Negin Mohmammadmirzaei, Jeffrey Caplan, Dayan Knox

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brianna Kimmelmann-ShultzDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware.
Negin MohmammadmirzaeiDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware.
Jeffrey CaplanPlant and Soil Sciences, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, University of Delaware.
Dayan KnoxDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware; dknox@psych.udel.edu.
University of Delaware · US

Funding

Updated confocal microscope in the Imaging Core facility to support biomedical researchP20GM103653 · NIGMS · DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HARRINGTON, MELISSA A · 2012 to 2022
$22.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103653
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroscience is the study of how cells in the brain mediate various functions. Measuring protein expression in neurons and glia is critical for the study of neuroscience as cellular function is determined by the composition and activity of cellular proteins. In this article, we describe how immunocytochemistry can be combined with near-infrared high-resolution scanning to provide a semi-quantitative measure of protein expression in distinct brain regions. This technique can be used for single or double protein expression in the same brain region. Measuring proteins in this fashion can be used to obtain a relative change in protein expression with an experimental manipulation, molecular signature of learning and memory, activity in molecular pathways, and neural activity in multiple brain regions. Using the correct proteins and statistical analysis, functional connectivity among brain regions can be determined as well. Given the ease of implementing immunocytochemistry in a laboratory, using immunocytochemistry with near-infrared high-resolution scanning can expand the ability of the neuroscientist to examine neurobiological processes at a systems level.

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FluorescenceAnimalsBrainHumansInfrared RaysProteinsRadionuclide ImagingRodentiaProteins

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PMID31180361
PMCPMC7354946
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