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Protocol for optical clearing and imaging of fluorescently labeled ex vivo rat brain slices

Giacomoni, Jessica LU ; Habekost, Mette LU orcid ; Cepeda-Prado, Efrain LU orcid ; Mattsson, Bengt LU ; Rylander Ottosson, Daniella LU orcid ; Parmar, Malin LU orcid and Kajtez, Janko LU orcid (2023) In STAR Protocols 4(1).
Abstract
Tissue clearing is commonly used for whole-brain imaging but seldom used for brain slices. Here, we present a simple protocol to slice, immunostain, and clear sections of adult rat brains for subsequent high-resolution confocal imaging. The protocol does not require toxic reagents or specialized equipment. We also provide instructions for culturing of rat brain slices free floating on permeable culture inserts, maintained in regular CO2 incubators, and handled only at media change.
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2666-1667
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10.1016/j.xpro.2022.102041
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Novel Strategies for Cell-based Neural Reconstruction
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  author       = {{Giacomoni, Jessica and Habekost, Mette and Cepeda-Prado, Efrain and Mattsson, Bengt and Rylander Ottosson, Daniella and Parmar, Malin and Kajtez, Janko}},
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  title        = {{Protocol for optical clearing and imaging of fluorescently labeled ex vivo rat brain slices}},
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  doi          = {{10.1016/j.xpro.2022.102041}},
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