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ArticleCell reports methods2025

Minimally invasive, wide-field two-photon imaging of the brainstem at cellular resolution.

Masakazu Agetsuma, Azumi Hatakeyama, Daisuke Yamada, Hiroshi Kuniishi, Chihiro Ito, Eri Takeuchi, Shinji Tsuji, Motosuke Tsutsumi, Takako Ichiki, Kohei Otomo and 9 more

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Article in Cell reports methods, 2025. 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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19 authors.

Masakazu AgetsumaDivision of Homeostatic Development, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan; Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Chiba 263-8555, Japan; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda 278-8510, Japan. Electronic address: age@nips.ac.jp.
Azumi HatakeyamaInstitute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Chiba 263-8555, Japan; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda 278-8510, Japan.
Daisuke YamadaFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda 278-8510, Japan. Electronic address: yamadada@rs.tus.ac.jp.
Hiroshi KuniishiDivision of Development of Mental Functions, Research Center for Child Mental Development, University of Fukui, Yoshida-gun 910-1193, Japan.
Chihiro ItoInstitute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Chiba 263-8555, Japan.
Eri TakeuchiDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira 187-8502, Japan.
Shinji TsujiDivision of Homeostatic Development, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
Motosuke TsutsumiDivision of Biophotonics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan; Biophotonics Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan.
Takako IchikiGraduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8514, Japan.
Kohei OtomoDivision of Biophotonics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan; Biophotonics Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan; Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
Toshinori YoshiokaFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda 278-8510, Japan.
Tomoko KobayashiDivision of Homeostatic Development, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
Atsushi NoritakeDivision of Behavioral Development, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
Yoshitsugu AokiDepartment of Molecular Therapy, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira 187-8502, Japan.
Tomomi NemotoDivision of Biophotonics, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan; Biophotonics Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan.
Hiroshi YukawaInstitute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Chiba 263-8555, Japan.
Akiyoshi SaitohFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda 278-8510, Japan.
Junichi NabekuraDivision of Homeostatic Development, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
Masayuki SekiguchiFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, Noda 278-8510, Japan; Department of Molecular Therapy, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira 187-8502, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain-viscera communication is crucial for regulating mental health, with the vagus nerve being a key structure mediating this interaction. Clinically, artificial vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is used to treat various neuropsychiatric disorders, highlighting the importance of vagal afferent fibers in emotion regulation. The nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) is a brainstem structure proposed to receive signals from vagal afferents and relay them to brain networks for emotion regulation. However, due to the anatomical complexity and difficulty in accessing the deep-brain NTS region in vivo, its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we developed a wide-field and deep-brain two-photon imaging method using a double-prism optical interface. This approach enables cellular-resolution imaging to specifically detect NTS neural activity while largely preserving the overlying cerebellum, a region also implicated in emotion regulation. We evaluated NTS neuronal responses to VNS and a gastrointestinal hormone, demonstrating the method's utility for investigating the vagus-NTS pathway in vivo.

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Brain StemMicroscopy, Fluorescence, MultiphotonSolitary NucleusAnimalsMaleMiceNeuronsVagus NerveVagus Nerve Stimulationbrainstembrain-viscera communicationCP: ImagingCP: Neuroscienceemotionin vivo two-photon calcium imagingnucleus tractus solitariivagus nerve stimulation

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PMID40187350
PMCPMC12256953

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