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Immunostaining of Fluorescently Labeled Astrocytes in a Mouse Brain Tissue Section
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2025
This video demonstrates the procedure for immunostaining a fixed mouse brain tissue section with fluorescently labeled astrocytes using primary and secondary antibodies and capture the images of the stained astrocytes through confocal microscopy.
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Astrocyte Isolation: A Method to Obtain Pure Preparation of Mouse Cortical Astrocytes
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2023
In this video, we describe the method to obtain a pure preparation of astrocytes from newly born mice.
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Visualizing Intracellular Transport of Cargo in Cultured Astrocytes
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2025
Source: Creighton, B. A., et al. Visualizing and Analyzing Intracellular Transport of Organelles and Other Cargos in Astrocytes. J. Vis. Exp. (2019)This video demonstrates the visualization of intracellular cargo transport in cultured astrocytes using a fluorescent acidotropic probe that selectively labels acidic endolysosomal vesicles. Time-lapse imaging and Z-stack acquisition with a confocal microscope allow tracking of fluorescently labeled cargo throughout the three-dimensional cell volume.
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Three-dimensional Imaging of Immunolabeled Astrocytes Using Confocal Microscopy
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2025
Source: Bagheri, M., et. al. Protocol for Three-dimensional Confocal Morphometric Analysis of Astrocytes. J. Vis. Exp. (2015).This video demonstrates the imaging of fluorescently labeled astrocytes in a mouse brain section using a confocal microscope. The brain section is positioned under the appropriate objective lens, and suitable fluorophores and filters are selected. After optimizing the exposure automatically, the scanning parameters are defined to ensure high-resolution 2D images. Z-stack...
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Isolation and Culture of Mouse Cortical Astrocytes
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2013
Astrocytes have been recognized to be versatile cells participating in fundamental biological processes that are essential for normal brain development and function, and central nervous system repair. Here we present a rapid procedure to obtain pure mouse astrocyte cultures to study the biology of this major class of central nervous system cells.
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Marker choice influences which astrocyte features become visible and how broadly the labeled population is represented. GFAP, S100β, and ALDH1L1 are astrocyte-enriched proteins, but each can emphasize different aspects of astrocyte distribution or morphology. Comparing markers can therefore help researchers interpret regional patterns and avoid treating one staining profile as a complete picture of astrocyte biology.
These proteins serve as molecular handles for detecting astrocytes through immunohistochemistry or immunofluorescence. Because they are astrocyte-enriched rather than described as identical markers, their use supports identification while preserving the need to consider what cellular features each labeling pattern highlights. This distinction matters when evaluating astrocyte abundance, morphology, or changes across experimental conditions.
Genetically encoded reporters can mark living astrocytes and their processes, extending observation beyond marker detection in prepared specimens. This capability is especially useful when investigators need to examine cellular organization or interactions in a living context. Reporter-based approaches complement protein labeling by providing a way to follow astrocyte structure and relationships with neurons or blood vessels.
Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence detect astrocyte-enriched proteins, making them suitable for visualizing labeled cellular patterns through molecular markers. Genetically encoded reporters instead identify living cells and processes. The approaches answer related but different questions: protein-based methods emphasize marker distribution, whereas reporters support examination of living astrocyte organization and cellular interactions.
A typical approach begins by selecting an astrocyte-enriched marker or a genetically encoded reporter that matches the study’s goal. Researchers then use immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, or reporter-based visualization to identify cells and processes. The resulting patterns can be examined for distribution, morphology, and relationships with neurons or blood vessels under the chosen experimental conditions.
Labeled morphology reveals how astrocytes are distributed and how their cellular processes are organized. When viewed alongside neuronal or vascular structures, the labeling can also show spatial relationships and interactions. These observations help investigators compare astrocyte organization across brain regions or determine whether morphology changes during development, injury responses, gliosis, or neurological disease.
The approach is useful when researchers need to compare astrocytes across normal and altered experimental conditions. It can support studies of neurodevelopment, synaptic regulation, injury responses, gliosis, and neurological disease by showing changes in distribution, morphology, or relationships with nearby cells and blood vessels. Such comparisons connect cellular patterns with broader neuroscience questions.
Using the same labeling strategy across regions allows investigators to compare astrocyte distribution and morphology in different parts of the brain. Reporter-based methods can additionally reveal living cellular processes, while protein-based detection identifies marker patterns. These regional comparisons help assess whether astrocyte organization and interactions with neurons or blood vessels vary with location or experimental state.