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ArticleNature communications2023

Multiplex translaminar imaging in the spinal cord of behaving mice.

Pavel Shekhtmeyster, Erin M Carey, Daniela Duarte, Alexander Ngo, Grace Gao, Nicholas A Nelson, Charles L Clark, Axel Nimmerjahn

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pavel Shekhtmeyster *Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Erin M Carey *Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Daniela DuarteWaitt Advanced Biophotonics Center, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Alexander NgoWaitt Advanced Biophotonics Center, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Grace GaoWaitt Advanced Biophotonics Center, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Nicholas A NelsonWaitt Advanced Biophotonics Center, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Charles L ClarkWaitt Advanced Biophotonics Center, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Axel NimmerjahnWaitt Advanced Biophotonics Center, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. animmerj@salk.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0875-7855
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · US

Funding

Spinal Circuits for the Control of Dextrous MovementU19NS112959 · NINDS · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI GOULDING, MARTYN D · 2019 to 2023
$14.3M
Novel Genetically Encoded Indicators for Interrogating Neuron-Astrocyte Communication Across TimescalesU19NS123719 · NINDS · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI EROGLU, CAGLA, NIMMERJAHN, AXEL · 2021 to 2025
$10.7M
Genetically encoded indicators for large-scale sensing of neuromodulatory signaling in behaving animalsU01NS103522 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI NIMMERJAHN, AXEL, TIAN, LIN · 2017 to 2019
$2.9M
Elucidating cellular activity patterns underlying spinal cord functionR01NS108034 · NINDS · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI NIMMERJAHN, AXEL · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
Astrocyte Calcium Signaling in Neuropathic PainF31NS120619 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI NELSON, NICHOLAS ALAN · 2020 to 2023
$122k
NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS120619NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS108034NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS103522NINDS NIH HHS U19 NS112959NINDS NIH HHS U19 NS123719
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While the spinal cord is known to play critical roles in sensorimotor processing, including pain-related signaling, corresponding activity patterns in genetically defined cell types across spinal laminae have remained challenging to investigate. Calcium imaging has enabled cellular activity measurements in behaving rodents but is currently limited to superficial regions. Here, using chronically implanted microprisms, we imaged sensory and motor-evoked activity in regions and at speeds inaccessible by other high-resolution imaging techniques. To enable translaminar imaging in freely behaving animals through implanted microprisms, we additionally developed wearable microscopes with custom-compound microlenses. This system addresses multiple challenges of previous wearable microscopes, including their limited working distance, resolution, contrast, and achromatic range. Using this system, we show that dorsal horn astrocytes in behaving mice show sensorimotor program-dependent and lamina-specific calcium excitation. Additionally, we show that tachykinin precursor 1 (Tac1)-expressing neurons exhibit translaminar activity to acute mechanical pain but not locomotion.

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CalciumSpinal CordAnimalsDiagnostic ImagingMiceNeuronsPainPosterior Horn CellsSpinal Cord Dorsal HornCalcium

Identifiers

PMID36944637
PMCPMC10030868
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