PMID-22096594[0] Comprehensive analysis of tissue preservation and recording quality from chronic multielectrode implants.
- Says what might be expected: tungsten microelectrode arrays work, though the quality gradually declines over 6 months.
- Histological markers correlated well with recording performance.
- Shows persistent glial activation around electrode sites + cell body hypertropy.
- Suggest that loss in recording quality may be due to glial encapsulation.
- References
- Szarowski et al 2003 {1028}
- Ward et al 2009
- Histology:
- NADPH-d: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase, via beta-NADP
- CO: cytochrome oxidase, via diamnibenzidine DAB, cytochrome c and catalase.
- both good for staining cortical layers; applied in a standard buffered solution and monitored to prevent overstaining.
- Immunohistochemistry:
- Activated microglia with ED-1 antibody.
- Astrocytes labeled with glial fibrillary acid protein.
- IEG with an antibody against EGR-1, 'a well-known marker of calcium dependent neuronal activity'
- Neurofilament revealed using a monoclonal NF-M antibody.
- Caspace-3 with the associated antibody
- Details the steps for immunostaining -- wash, blocknig buffer, addition of the antibody in diluted blocking solution (skim milk) overnight, wash again, incubate in biotinylated secondary antibody, wash again, incubate in avidin-biotin-peroxidase solution.
- Flourescent immunohistochemistry had biotynlation replaced with alexa Fluor 488-conjugated horse anti-mouse and Alexa Fluor 594-conjugated goat anti-rabbit overnight.
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[0] Freire MA, Morya E, Faber J, Santos JR, Guimaraes JS, Lemos NA, Sameshima K, Pereira A, Ribeiro S, Nicolelis MA, Comprehensive analysis of tissue preservation and recording quality from chronic multielectrode implants.PLoS One 6:11, e27554 (2011) |
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