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Pancreatic Intravital Imaging Window Installation in Mouse Model: An Integrated Pancreatic Imaging Window for Time-lapse In Vivo Imaging of Murine Pancreas Microstructure
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2025
This video demonstrates the procedure to implant a pancreatic imaging window to separate the pancreas from the intestines for longitudinal time-lapse high-resolution imaging of the pancreas microstructure.
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Intravital Imaging: A Method for Cellular Level Observation of the Mouse Pancreas Through a Stabilized Imaging Window
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2025
In this video, we describe the intravital imaging of a mouse pancreas through a stabilized window for long-term visualization of cellular dynamics.
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Dendra2 Photoswitching through the Mammary Imaging Window
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2009
Intravital photoswitching and tracking of Dendra2-labeled tumor cells through the Mammary Imaging Window is a technique which allows us to image the metastatic behavior of tumor cells in chosen tumor microenvironments over a timescale of days.
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Multianimal Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Tumor Measurements in Pancreatic Cancer Mouse Models
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2026
This protocol uses a multichamber bed for parallel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of up to four animals to detect pancreatic adenocarcinoma tumors in genetically engineered mouse models. This multianimal MRI protocol is fast and cost-effective for detecting and measuring tumors, facilitating animal selection for preclinical studies and longitudinal monitoring of tumor growth.
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Spinal Cord Window Implantation in a Mouse for In Vivo Imaging
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2025
Source: Pietruczyk, E. A., et al. Laminectomy and Spinal Cord Window Implantation in the Mouse. J. Vis. Exp. (2019)This video demonstrates the implantation of a spinal cord window in an anesthetized mouse for in vivo imaging. The protocol stabilizes the exposed spinal cord using a borosilicate cover glass and a 3D-printed backplate. This method enables high-resolution two-photon microscopy to study blood-brain barrier dynamics and neurovascular interactions.
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Its stable observation site reduces two major barriers to intravital microscopy: tissue movement and limited optical access caused by depth. By maintaining a consistent relationship between the pancreas and the microscope, the window helps researchers distinguish genuine cellular changes from shifts caused by motion or changing imaging position. This improves interpretation of architecture, cell behavior, and vascular interactions.
Fluorescent labeling makes selected pancreatic cells or structures visible during live imaging. Researchers can then follow spatial organization, cellular behavior, and interactions with nearby blood vessels rather than relying only on fixed tissue examined at one time. These observations help connect changes in labeled populations with evolving inflammation, regeneration, tumor biology, or metabolic regulation.
Repeated imaging reveals how pancreatic features change over time within the same living experimental animal. This longitudinal perspective can show the sequence of cellular events during disease progression or recovery and can relate those changes to an experimental treatment. Compared with a single observation, it provides dynamic information about progression, response, and variation across time.
The approach begins with surgical implantation of the optical access device, followed by positioning the living animal for microscopic observation through the established site. Fluorescently labeled pancreatic features can then be visualized repeatedly under comparable viewing conditions. The resulting images support assessment of tissue architecture, cell behavior, vascular relationships, and changes associated with disease or treatment.
This method is suited to questions that depend on observing pancreatic biology as it unfolds. Applications described for the approach include inflammation, regeneration, tumor biology, and metabolic regulation. In each case, investigators can examine microscopic events over time and ask how cellular or vascular changes correspond with disease progression, recovery, or an experimental intervention.
A pancreatic imaging window helps connect microscopic mechanisms with physiological outcomes. Observing architecture, cell behavior, and vascular interactions repeatedly allows biological changes to be interpreted as part of a developing process rather than isolated snapshots. This context is valuable when studying how pancreatic tissues respond during inflammation, regeneration, tumor development, metabolic regulation, or treatment.