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Articles by Wen-ju Pan in JoVE
JoVE Neuroscience
Gelijktijdig fMRI en elektrofysiologie bij knaagdieren Brain
1Biomedical Engineering, Emory University, 2Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 3Biology, Emory University
We hebben een methode ontwikkeld voor gelijktijdige functionele magnetische resonantie imaging en elektrofysiologische opname in het knaagdieren hersenen, een platform te bieden voor het onderzoek van de relatie tussen de neurale activiteit en het bloed zuurstof niveau afhankelijk (BOLD) MRI-signaal.
Other articles by Wen-ju Pan on PubMed
Progressive Atrophy in the Optic Pathway and Visual Cortex of Early Blind Chinese Adults: A Voxel-based Morphometry Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Many previous neuroimaging studies have shown that the early visual cortex of the early blind (EB) exhibits significant functional plasticity. However, only few previous studies have addressed the question whether or not such functional plasticity is accompanied by, and even related to, structural plasticity. In this study, we acquired high-resolution whole-brain anatomical magnetic resonance images form 14 Chinese EB adults, who lost sight before 6 years of age, and 16 age/gender-matched normal-sighted controls (SC), and compared pixel-by-pixel the gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) volumes between the two groups with voxel-based morphometry. The results showed that, relative to the SC, the EB exhibits significantly reduced WM volumes in the optic tract and optic radiation and significant GM losses in the early visual cortex. The reduction of WM volume in the optic radiation of the EB was found be modulated by both the age at blindness onset and the duration of blindness. The reduction of GM volume in the early visual cortex of the EB appeared to be unaffected by the age at blindness onset. However, it was found in localized regions of the atrophic early visual cortex of the EB that the GM loss was progressive with aging and increasing duration of blindness. These results suggest that early visual deprivation induces significant structural plasticity in the optic pathway and early visual cortex of the EB, which likely occurs during both the critical period of early neurodevelopment and the course of persisted blindness later in life through activity-dependent mechanisms.
Cerebral Metabolic Changes in a Depression-like Rat Model of Chronic Forced Swimming Studied by Ex Vivo High Resolution 1H Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Many previous in vivo (1)H magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) studies have shown that patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) are associated with perturbations of cerebral metabolism of neurotransmitters glutamate (Glu) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). In this study, we investigated the changes of cerebral metabolism in a depression-like rat model of chronic forced swimming stress (CFSS). The aims are to further understand the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying CFSS treatment, and to further establish the face and predictive validity of the CFSS model. The results showed that, relative to control, the CFSS rats had significantly reduced Glu, taurine and glutamate + glutamine (Glx) levels in the PFC, and significantly reduced N-acetyl aspartate (NAA) level, Glu level and Glu/GABA ratio in the hippocampus. Taking together, these results suggest that CFSS treatment can induce region-specific changes in the metabolism of Glu. The CFSS model might be used to study antidepressants specifically targeting the central glutamatergic system.
