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@ARTICLE{Ertrk:136407,
author = {Ertürk, Ali and Mauch, Christoph P and Hellal, Farida and
Förstner, Friedrich and Keck, Tara and Becker, Klaus and
Jährling, Nina and Steffens, Heinz and Richter, Melanie and
Hübener, Mark and Kramer, Edgar and Kirchhoff, Frank and
Dodt, Hans Ulrich and Bradke, Frank},
title = {{T}hree-dimensional imaging of the unsectioned adult spinal
cord to assess axon regeneration and glial responses after
injury.},
journal = {Nature medicine},
volume = {18},
number = {1},
issn = {1078-8956},
address = {New York, NY},
publisher = {Nature America Inc.},
reportid = {DZNE-2020-02729},
pages = {166 - 171},
year = {2012},
abstract = {Studying regeneration in the central nervous system (CNS)
is hampered by current histological and imaging techniques
because they provide only partial information about axonal
and glial reactions. Here we developed a
tetrahydrofuran-based clearing procedure that renders fixed
and unsectioned adult CNS tissue transparent and fully
penetrable for optical imaging. In large spinal cord
segments, we imaged fluorescently labeled cells by
'ultramicroscopy' and two-photon microscopy without the need
for histological sectioning. We found that more than a year
after injury growth-competent axons regenerated abundantly
through the injury site. A few growth-incompetent axons
could also regenerate when they bypassed the lesion.
Moreover, we accurately determined quantitative changes of
glial cells after spinal cord injury. Thus, clearing CNS
tissue enables an unambiguous evaluation of axon
regeneration and glial reactions. Our clearing procedure
also renders other organs transparent, which makes this
approach useful for a large number of preclinical
paradigms.},
keywords = {Animals / Axons: physiology / Axons: ultrastructure /
Furans: chemistry / Imaging, Three-Dimensional: methods /
Mice / Microglia: physiology / Microglia: ultrastructure /
Microscopy, Confocal: methods / Spinal Cord Injuries:
physiopathology / Spinal Cord Regeneration / Furans (NLM
Chemicals) / tetrahydrofuran (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Bradke},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1013002},
pnm = {341 - Molecular Signaling (POF3-341)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-341},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:22198277},
doi = {10.1038/nm.2600},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/136407},
}