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ArticleNature methods2024

Long-term optical imaging of the spinal cord in awake behaving mice.

Biafra Ahanonu, Andrew Crowther, Artur Kania, Mariela Rosa-Casillas, Allan I Basbaum

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Article in Nature methods, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Glial cells in neuropathic pain.Physiological reviews · 2026
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  4. Spinal cord imaging in preclinical research.Neural regeneration research · 2026
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  5. Astrocyte Regulation of Spinal Circuit Function.Journal of neurochemistry · 2026
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  7. Keratinocyte-TRPV1 sensory neuron interactions in a genetically controllable mouse model of chronic neuropathic itch.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  8. Mechanism-based nonopioid analgesic targets.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025
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  14. Central neuropathic pain.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Biafra Ahanonu *Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2021-5848
Andrew Crowther *Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9269-6188
Artur KaniaInstitut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5209-2520
Mariela Rosa-CasillasNeuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8028-4634
Allan I BasbaumDepartment of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. allan.basbaum@ucsf.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1710-6333

Funding

From the spinal cord to the brain: Neurology of the pain and itch neuronsR35NS097306 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BASBAUM, ALLAN I. · 2017 to 2024
$7.2M
The contribution of chronic pain-associated thalamocortical activity to pain aversivenessF32DE029384 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI CROWTHER, ANDREW JOSEPH · 2019 to 2022
$211k
NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097306United States Department of Defense | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) 9691U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) 5F32DE029384U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) NSR35097306
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in optical imaging and fluorescent biosensors enable study of the spatiotemporal and long-term neural dynamics in the brain of awake animals. However, methodological difficulties and fibrosis limit similar advances in the spinal cord. Here, to overcome these obstacles, we combined in vivo application of fluoropolymer membranes that inhibit fibrosis, a redesigned implantable spinal imaging chamber and improved motion correction methods that together permit imaging of the spinal cord in awake behaving mice, for months to over a year. We demonstrated a robust ability to monitor axons, identified a spinal cord somatotopic map, performed months-long imaging in freely moving mice, conducted Ca

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Optical ImagingSpinal CordWakefulnessAnimalsAxonsBehavior, AnimalCalciumFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLCalcium

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