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ReviewNpj imaging2025

Label-free and fluorescence imaging of oligodendrocytes and myelin.

Yasmine Kamen, Megan E Doty, Matthew E Ciolkowski, Xhoela Bame, Alicia N Pietramale, Aaron J Schain, Jaime Grutzendler, Robert A Hill

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Review in Npj imaging, 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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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yasmine KamenDepartment of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Megan E DotyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Matthew E CiolkowskiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Xhoela BameDepartment of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Alicia N PietramaleDepartment of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Aaron J SchainBeth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jaime GrutzendlerDepartments of Neurology and Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Robert A HillDepartment of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA. robert.hill@dartmouth.edu.

Funding

Glial Mechanisms Governing the Removal and Repair of Degenerating MyelinR01NS122800 · NINDS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI HILL, ROBERT A. · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
Uncovering mechanisms of myelin formation and regeneration in the live brainR00NS099469 · NINDS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI HILL, ROBERT · 2018 to 2020
$746k
American Heart Association 23PRE1018862National Multiple Sclerosis Society FG-2307-42173NINDS NIH HHS R00 NS099469NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS122800NINDS NIH HHS R01NS122800-S1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Axonal myelination finely tunes action potential conduction to control precise timing in neural circuits. Little is known about how dynamic myelinating oligodendrocytes are in the adult brain primarily due to limited approaches for their investigation at the cellular level over time in their native environment. This protocol describes optical imaging approaches that allow specific label-free detection of compact myelin which, when combined with genetically encoded fluorescence reporters and small molecule dyes, permits high-resolution longitudinal and fixed sample imaging of myelin and oligodendrocytes in live mice, in live organotypic slices, and in postmortem tissues. Data generated with these approaches can be used to test fundamental questions related to myelin development, plasticity, maintenance, and repair.

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PMID40670677
PMCPMC12267544

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