Progress in Structural and Functional In Vivo Imaging of Microglia and Their Application in Health and Disease.

Crockett, Alexis; Davalos, Dimitrios; Garaschuk, Olga; Fuhrmann, Martin

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-55529-9_5

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Progress in Structural and Functional In Vivo Imaging of Microglia and Their Application in Health and Disease.

Crockett, A. ; Fuhrmann, M.DZNE* ; Garaschuk, O. ; Davalos, D.

2024
Springer International Publishing Cham
ISBN: 978-3-031-55528-2 (print), 978-3-031-55529-9 (electronic)

Microglia / Tremblay, Marie-Ève (Editor) ; Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2024, Chapter 5 ; ISSN: 2190-5215=2190-5223 ; ISBN: 978-3-031-55528-2=978-3-031-55529-9 ; doi:10.1007/978-3-031-55529-9 Cham : Springer International Publishing, Advances in Neurobiology 37, 65 - 80 (2024) [10.1007/978-3-031-55529-9_5]

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Abstract: The first line of defense for the central nervous system (CNS) against injury or disease is provided by microglia. Microglia were long believed to stay in a dormant/resting state, reacting only to injury or disease. This view changed dramatically with the development of modern imaging techniques that allowed the study of microglial behavior in the intact brain over time, to reveal the dynamic nature of their responses. Over the past two decades, in vivo imaging using multiphoton microscopy has revealed numerous new functions of microglia in the developing, adult, aged, injured, and diseased CNS. As the most dynamic cells in the brain, microglia continuously contact all structures and cell types, such as glial and vascular cells, neuronal cell bodies, axons, dendrites, and dendritic spines, and are believed to play a central role in sculpting neuronal networks throughout life. Following trauma, or in neurodegenerative or neuroinflammatory diseases, microglial responses range from protective to harmful, underscoring the need to better understand their diverse roles and states in different pathological conditions. In this chapter, we introduce multiphoton microscopy and discuss recent advances in structural and functional imaging technologies that have expanded our toolbox to study microglial states and behaviors in new ways and depths. We also discuss relevant mouse models available for in vivo imaging studies of microglia and review how such studies are constantly refining our understanding of the multifaceted role of microglia in the healthy and diseased CNS.

Keyword(s): Microglia: metabolism (MeSH) ; Microglia: pathology (MeSH) ; Animals (MeSH) ; Humans (MeSH) ; Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton (MeSH) ; Brain: diagnostic imaging (MeSH) ; Neuroinflammatory Diseases: diagnostic imaging (MeSH) ; Neuroinflammatory Diseases: pathology (MeSH) ; Neurodegenerative Diseases: diagnostic imaging (MeSH) ; Neurodegenerative Diseases: pathology (MeSH) ; Alzheimer’s disease ; Imaging technologies and methods ; In vitro experiments ; In vivo imaging ; Microglia ; Mouse models ; Multiple sclerosis ; Two-photon microscopy