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Generation of Medial Thalamus-Anterior Cingulate Cortex Slices from Mouse Brains
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2025
The video demonstrates the preparation of medial thalamus-anterior cingulate cortex (MT-ACC) slices from mouse brains. A mouse's brain is dissected, cuts are made to expose the MT-ACC pathway, and slices are generated using a vibratome. The MT-ACC slices are then maintained in oxygenated artificial cerebrospinal fluid.
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Diencephalon: Thalamus and Information Relay
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2025
The thalamus, often called “the gateway to the cerebral cortex,” is vital in processing and directing sensory and motor signals throughout the brain. Almost all inputs destined for the cerebral cortex, except for olfactory signals, are relayed through the thalamus. The thalamus is a sophisticated relay station, channeling information from various brain regions to the cerebral cortex, as well as a filter, prioritizing certain signals over others based on current physiological states or needs.
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Cortex-, Hippocampus-, Thalamus-, Hypothalamus-, Lateral Septal Nucleus- and Striatum-specific In Utero Electroporation in the C57BL/6 Mouse
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2016
This protocol describes in detail how to specifically transfect different regions in the C57BL/6 central nervous system via in utero electroporation. Included in this protocol are detailed instructions for transfections of regions that develop into the cortex, hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus, lateral septal nucleus and striatum.
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Mouse in Utero Electroporation: Controlled Spatiotemporal Gene Transfection
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2011
A gene transfer method into the developing mouse brain is described by using a unique surgical method and special shape of electrodes. This unique technique allows transfection of plasmid DNA temporally and spatially, which will aid many neuroscientists in studying brain development.
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Vasodilation of Isolated Vessels and the Isolation of the Extracellular Matrix of Tight-skin Mice
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2017
We describe the isolation of cardiac extracellular matrix from C57Bl/6J control mice, tight-skin mice, and tight-skin mice treated with the IRF5 inhibitory peptide. We also describe the vasodilation studies on the isolated vessels from C57Bl/6J, tight-skin mice and tight-skin mice treated with the IRF5 inhibitory peptide.
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Anatomical landmarks provide reference points for distinguishing thalamic boundaries from adjacent brain tissue. Careful interpretation of these boundaries helps separate the target region while retaining its internal nuclei and neuronal organization. This precision matters because structural loss or contamination from surrounding tissue could complicate later physiological, imaging, or molecular measurements.
Precise handling helps preserve neuronal circuits, cellular integrity, and the physiological properties needed for ex vivo experiments. Excessive disruption could alter the tissue before researchers measure electrical activity, gene expression, or pharmacological responses. Maintaining the isolated sample's structural condition therefore supports more reliable interpretation of findings linked to thalamic function.
Separating the thalamus from surrounding tissue reduces experimental complexity and gives researchers more direct access to thalamic neurons. This focused preparation can make it easier to examine local physiological responses or molecular changes without analyzing the entire brain at once. The approach is especially useful when the experiment targets defined sensory relay, motor, arousal, or sleep-related pathways.
The workflow centers on locating the thalamus through anatomical landmarks, identifying its boundaries, and separating it from neighboring brain tissue with controlled tissue handling. The isolated sample must remain sufficiently intact for the planned analysis. Once prepared, it can be directed toward ex vivo electrophysiology, imaging, gene-expression assessment, or pharmacological testing.
An isolated preparation can support several complementary measurements. Ex vivo electrophysiology examines neuronal electrical behavior, imaging evaluates structural or cellular features, gene-expression studies assess molecular patterns, and pharmacological experiments test responses to applied compounds. Together, these readouts can connect thalamic cellular properties with circuit functions such as sensory relay, motor coordination, arousal, and sleep.
The preparation enables focused analysis of thalamic neurons and circuits that contribute to sensory relay, motor coordination, arousal, and sleep-related pathways. Researchers can examine structural, physiological, or molecular changes in this defined tissue rather than relying only on whole-brain measurements. That focused access supports experimental models investigating alterations associated with neurological disorders.