Cerebellar Regional Dissection for Molecular Analysis

Cerebellum plays an important role in several key functions including control of movement, balance, cognition, reward, and affect. Imaging studies indicate that distinct cerebellar regions contribute to these different functions. Molecular studies examining regional cerebellar differences are lagging as they are mostly done on whole cerebellar extracts thereby masking any distinctions across specific cerebellar regions. Here we describe a technique to reproducibly and quickly dissect four different cerebellar regions: the deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN), anterior and posterior vermal cerebellar cortex, and the cerebellar cortex of the hemispheres. Dissecting out these distinct regions allows for the exploration of molecular mechanisms that may underlie their unique contributions to balance, movement, affect and cognition. This technique may also be used to explore differences in pathological susceptibility of these specific regions across various mouse disease models.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2020

Enthalten in:

Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE - (2020), 166 vom: 05. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hamel, Katherine A [VerfasserIn]
Cvetanovic, Marija [VerfasserIn]

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63231-63-0
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Date Completed 22.01.2021

Date Revised 11.05.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3791/61922

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31911032X