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Biomedical Optics Express

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  • Vol. 4, Iss. 2 — Feb. 1, 2013
  • pp: 364–386

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Imaging axonal transport in the rat visual pathway

Carla J. Abbott, Tiffany E. Choe, Theresa A. Lusardi, Claude F. Burgoyne, Lin Wang, and Brad Fortune  »View Author Affiliations


Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 4, Issue 2, pp. 364-386 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/BOE.4.000364


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Abstract

A technique was developed for assaying axonal transport in retinal ganglion cells using 2 µl injections of 1% cholera toxin b-subunit conjugated to AlexaFluor488 (CTB). In vivo retinal and post-mortem brain imaging by confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy and post-mortem microscopy were performed. The transport of CTB was sensitive to colchicine, which disrupts axonal microtubules. The bulk rates of transport were determined to be approximately 80–90 mm/day (anterograde) and 160 mm/day (retrograde). Results demonstrate that axonal transport of CTB can be monitored in vivo in the rodent anterior visual pathway, is dependent on intact microtubules, and occurs by active transport mechanisms.

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OCIS Codes
(170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
(170.2655) Medical optics and biotechnology : Functional monitoring and imaging

ToC Category:
Functional Imaging

History
Original Manuscript: November 19, 2012
Revised Manuscript: January 10, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: January 28, 2013
Published: January 30, 2013

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Carla J. Abbott, Tiffany E. Choe, Theresa A. Lusardi, Claude F. Burgoyne, Lin Wang, and Brad Fortune, "Imaging axonal transport in the rat visual pathway," Biomed. Opt. Express 4, 364-386 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/boe/abstract.cfm?URI=boe-4-2-364


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