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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2022

In vitro longitudinal lumbar spinal cord preparations to study sensory and recurrent motor microcircuits of juvenile mice.

Mustafa Görkem Özyurt, Julia Ojeda-Alonso, Marco Beato, Filipe Nascimento

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mustafa Görkem ÖzyurtDepartment of Neuroscience Physiology and Pharmacology (NPP), University College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2531-1174
Julia Ojeda-AlonsoDepartment of Neuroscience Physiology and Pharmacology (NPP), University College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7964-5404
Marco BeatoDepartment of Neuroscience Physiology and Pharmacology (NPP), University College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7283-8318
Filipe NascimentoDepartment of Neuroscience Physiology and Pharmacology (NPP), University College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9426-2807
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/R011494/1UKRI | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/S005943/1UKRI | Medical Research Council (MRC) MR/R011494Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (WT) 221610/Z/20/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vitro spinal cord preparations have been extensively used to study microcircuits involved in the control of movement. By allowing precise control of experimental conditions coupled with state-of-the-art genetics, imaging, and electrophysiological techniques, isolated spinal cords from mice have been an essential tool in detailing the identity, connectivity, and function of spinal networks. The majority of the research has arisen from in vitro spinal cords of neonatal mice, which are still undergoing important postnatal maturation. Studies from adults have been attempted in transverse slices, however, these have been quite challenging due to the poor motoneuron accessibility and viability, as well as the extensive damage to the motoneuron dendritic trees. In this work, we describe two types of coronal spinal cord preparations with either the ventral or the dorsal horn ablated, obtained from mice of different postnatal ages, spanning from preweaned to 1 mo old. These semi-intact preparations allow recordings of sensory-afferent and motor-efferent responses from lumbar motoneurons using whole cell patch-clamp electrophysiology. We provide details of the slicing procedure and discuss the feasibility of whole cell recordings. The in vitro dorsal and ventral horn-ablated spinal cord preparations described here are a useful tool to study spinal motor circuits in young mice that have reached the adult stages of locomotor development.

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Motor NeuronsSpinal CordAnimalsElectrophysiological PhenomenaLumbosacral RegionMammalsMicePatch-Clamp TechniquesSpinal Cord Dorsal Hornin vitro whole cell patch clampmicrocircuitsmotor controlmouse motoneuronsspinal cord

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PMID35946796
PMCPMC9485001
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