Medicine in the fourth dimension

CR Cederroth, U Albrecht, J Bass, SA Brown… - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
The importance of circadian biology has rarely been considered in pre-clinical studies, and
even more when translating to the bedside. Circadian biology is becoming a critical factor for …

Circadian photoentrainment in mice and humans

RG Foster, S Hughes, SN Peirson - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Light around twilight provides the primary entrainment signal for circadian rhythms. Here we
review the mechanisms and responses of the mouse and human circadian systems to light …

Social isolation induces neuroinflammation and microglia overactivation, while dihydromyricetin prevents and improves them

AJ Al Omran, AS Shao, S Watanabe, Z Zhang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental illnesses in the US and are
estimated to consume one-third of the country's mental health treatment cost. Although …

Seasonal light hours modulate peripheral clocks and energy metabolism in mice

L Small, LS Lundell, J Iversen, AM Ehrlich, M Dall… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Except for latitudes close to the equator, seasonal variation in light hours can change
dramatically between summer and winter. Yet investigations into the interplay between …

Novel AAV capsids for intravitreal gene therapy of photoreceptor disorders

M Pavlou, C Schön, LM Occelli, A Rossi… - EMBO molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
Gene therapy using recombinant adeno‐associated virus (rAAV) vectors to treat blinding
retinal dystrophies has become clinical reality. Therapeutically impactful targeting of …

Neurovascular coupling and bilateral connectivity during NREM and REM sleep

KL Turner, KW Gheres, EA Proctor, PJ Drew - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
To understand how arousal state impacts cerebral hemodynamics and neurovascular
coupling, we monitored neural activity, behavior, and hemodynamic signals in un …

Colocalized, bidirectional optogenetic modulations in freely behaving mice with a wireless dual-color optoelectronic probe

L Li, L Lu, Y Ren, G Tang, Y Zhao, X Cai, Z Shi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Optogenetic methods provide efficient cell-specific modulations, and the ability of
simultaneous neural activation and inhibition in the same brain region of freely moving …

A head-mounted camera system integrates detailed behavioral monitoring with multichannel electrophysiology in freely moving mice

AF Meyer, J Poort, J O'Keefe, M Sahani, JF Linden - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Breakthroughs in understanding the neural basis of natural behavior require neural
recording and intervention to be paired with high-fidelity multimodal behavioral monitoring …

Regulation and function of neurogenesis in the adult mammalian hypothalamus

S Yoo, S Blackshaw - Progress in neurobiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, evidence has accumulated that neurogenesis can occur in both
the juvenile and adult mammalian hypothalamus. Levels of hypothalamic neurogenesis can …

Three dimensional two-photon brain imaging in freely moving mice using a miniature fiber coupled microscope with active axial-scanning

BN Ozbay, GL Futia, M Ma, VM Bright, JT Gopinath… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
We present a miniature head mounted two-photon fiber-coupled microscope (2P-FCM) for
neuronal imaging with active axial focusing enabled using a miniature electrowetting lens …