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Hierarchical imaging and computational analysis of three-dimensional vascular network architecture in the entire postnatal and adult mouse brain (2021)
Wälchli, T., Bisschop, J., Miettinen, A., Ulmann-Schuler, A., Hintermüller, C., Meyer, E. P., Krucker, T., Wälchli, R., Monnier, P. P., Carmeliet, P., Vogel, J., & Stampanoni, M. (2021). Hierarchical imaging and computational analysis of three-dimensional vascular network architecture in the entire postnatal and adult mouse brain. Nature Protocols, 16(10), 4564-4610. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-021-00587-1
JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat
Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Wälchli, Thomas; Bisschop, Jeroen; Miettinen, Arttu; Ulmann-Schuler, Alexandra; Hintermüller, Christoph; Meyer, Eric P.; Krucker, Thomas; Wälchli, Regula; Monnier, Philippe P.; Carmeliet, Peter; et al.
Lehti tai sarja: Nature Protocols
ISSN: 1754-2189
eISSN: 1750-2799
Julkaisuvuosi: 2021
Ilmestymispäivä: 03.09.2021
Volyymi: 16
Lehden numero: 10
Artikkelin sivunumerot: 4564-4610
Kustantaja: Nature Publishing Group
Julkaisumaa: Britannia
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-021-00587-1
Linkki tutkimusaineistoon: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13483119
Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Ei avoin
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Rinnakkaistallenteen verkko-osoite (pre-print): https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.19.344903v2
Tiivistelmä
The formation of new blood vessels and the establishment of vascular networks are crucial during brain development, in the adult healthy brain, as well as in various diseases of the central nervous system. Here, we describe a step-by-step protocol for our recently developed method that enables hierarchical imaging and computational analysis of vascular networks in postnatal and adult mouse brains. The different stages of the procedure include resin-based vascular corrosion casting, scanning electron microscopy, synchrotron radiation and desktop microcomputed tomography imaging, and computational network analysis. Combining these methods enables detailed visualization and quantification of the 3D brain vasculature. Network features such as vascular volume fraction, branch point density, vessel diameter, length, tortuosity and directionality as well as extravascular distance can be obtained at any developmental stage from the early postnatal to the adult brain. This approach can be used to provide a detailed morphological atlas of the entire mouse brain vasculature at both the postnatal and the adult stage of development. Our protocol allows the characterization of brain vascular networks separately for capillaries and noncapillaries. The entire protocol, from mouse perfusion to vessel network analysis, takes ~10 d.
YSO-asiasanat: angiogeneesi; verisuonet; aivot; kuvantaminen; tomografia; tietokonetomografia
Vapaat asiasanat: angiogenesis; brain; neuro–vascular interactions; neurological models; X-ray tomography
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
VIRTA-lähetysvuosi: 2021
JUFO-taso: 1
