Stimulating and Analyzing Adult Neurogenesis in the Drosophila Central Brain
| Autor: | Shawn M. Ahern-Djamali, Kassi L. Crocker, Grace Boekhoff-Falk |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
General Immunology and Microbiology
biology Traumatic brain injury General Chemical Engineering General Neuroscience Regeneration (biology) Neurogenesis biology.organism_classification medicine.disease General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Low Mitotic Activity medicine Drosophila melanogaster Neural regeneration Drosophila Neural development Neuroscience |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Visualized Experiments. |
| ISSN: | 1940-087X |
| DOI: | 10.3791/63182 |
| Popis: | The molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neurogenesis in response to disease or injury are not well understood. However, understanding these mechanisms is crucial for developing neural regenerative therapies. Drosophila melanogaster is a leading model for studies of neural development but historically has not been exploited to investigate adult brain regeneration. This is primarily because the adult brain exhibits very low mitotic activity. Nonetheless, penetrating traumatic brain injury (PTBI) to the adult Drosophila central brain triggers the generation of new neurons and new glia. The powerful genetic tools available in Drosophila combined with the simple but rigorous injury protocol described here now make adult Drosophila brain a robust model for neural regeneration research. Provided here are detailed instructions for (1) penetrating injuries to the adult central brain and (2) dissection, immunohistochemistry, and imaging post-injury. These protocols yield highly reproducible results and will facilitate additional studies to dissect mechanisms underlying neural regeneration. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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