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A Versatile Murine Model of Subcortical White Matter Stroke for the Study of Axonal Degeneration and White Matter Neurobiology
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2016
Here we present methodology for the production of a focal stroke in murine white matter by local injection of an irreversible endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) inhibitor (L-Nio). Presented are two stereotactic variations, retrograde neuronal tracing, and fresh tissue labeling and dissection that expand the potential applications of this technique.
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Inducing White Matter Stroke in a Murine Model Using a Nitric Oxide Inhibitor
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2025
This video demonstrates the precise technique for inducing a white matter stroke in an anesthetized mouse by injecting a nitric oxide inhibitor at targeted brain coordinates within the white matter. This leads to blood vessel constriction and inhibition of blood supply, resulting in neuronal damage and a brain stroke.
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DTI of the Visual Pathway - White Matter Tracts and Cerebral Lesions
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2014
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was performed to try to depict the major parts of the visual pathway. The goal was to use an FDA approved standard commercial workstation which could be used for everyday routine in order to try to reduce postoperative damage of the visual pathway in the patients.
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Understanding Cerebellar Pattern Formation
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2007
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Classifying Matter by State
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2020
Chemistry is the study of matter and the changes it undergoes. Matter is anything that has mass and occupies space. Matter is all around us; the air, water, soil, mountains, even our bodies are all examples of matter. Matter is divided into three states — solid, liquid, and gas — that are commonly found on earth. The fourth state of matter, plasma, occurs naturally in the interiors of stars. Solids are characterized by a definite shape and volume. In a solid, the particles (atoms or...
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Myelin electrically insulates axons, allowing signals to travel through cerebellar pathways with greater conduction efficiency. This property supports the rapid communication needed when the cerebellum coordinates movement, balance, and muscle tone. Studying myelination therefore helps explain how the tissue supports precise timing across connected cortical regions and deep cerebellar nuclei.
The arbor vitae creates an organized, branching arrangement of cerebellar pathways rather than a simple linear tract. This pattern distributes connections among cortical regions, deep cerebellar nuclei, and other brain structures. Its organization provides an anatomical framework for integrating signals that contribute to coordinated movement, postural balance, muscle regulation, and motor learning.
Motor learning depends on the cerebellum’s ability to participate in coordinated signaling, and its white matter pathways provide routes between cortical regions, deep nuclei, and other brain structures. By supporting efficient communication through these connections, the pathways help relate incoming neural activity to refined movement, balance, and muscle-control responses during learned motor behavior.
Histology allows researchers to examine the tissue’s microscopic organization, including the arrangement of its myelinated axon network. In cerebellar biology, this perspective complements gross anatomy by showing how cellular and fiber-level structure relates to the larger arbor vitae. Such observations contribute to understanding normal neural organization and recognizing structural changes.
Neuroimaging provides a way to study cerebellar white matter structure within the brain and to evaluate its organization in relation to surrounding regions. When combined with anatomy and histology, imaging helps researchers characterize normal pathways and investigate structural changes associated with neurological disorders. It also supports comparisons across developmental or disease-related contexts.
Developmental biology places cerebellar white matter within the process of normal neural organization. Examining how its pathways and myelinated network are established can clarify how the cerebellum develops connections supporting coordination, balance, muscle tone, and motor learning. This context is also useful when researchers assess structural differences that may accompany neurological disorders.