Publications
Acknowledging the Core
Our funding depends on our users and collaborators acknowledging the contributions of the Neuroscience Microscopy Core in their research and publications.
We suggest using the following language for this acknowledgement:
Microscopy was performed at the UNC Neuroscience Microscopy Core (RRID:SCR_019060), supported, in part, by funding from the NIH-NICHD Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center Support Grant P50 HD103573.
If the Zeiss LMS 980 was used in your research, please include the following language in your acknowledgement:
The Zeiss LSM 980 microscope was funded with support from NIH grant S10 OD032388.
If the ASI ct-dSPIM was used in your research, please include the following language in your acknowledgement:
The ASI ct-dSPIM microscope was funded with support from NIH grant S10 MH130455
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Recent Publications that Utilized Instruments in the Core
| Year | Title | Journal | Authors | NMC Equipment Used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM9 regulates synaptic function and actin dynamics | bioRxiv | McCormick, L. E., Evans, E. B., Barker, N. K., Herring, L. E., Diering, G. H., & Gupton, S. L. | Zeiss LSM 780, Zeiss LSM 980 |
| 2023 | Heterogeneity in the progression of retinal pathologies in mice harboring patient mimicking Impg2 mutations | Human Molecular Genetics | Williams, B. N., Draper, A., Lang, P. F., Lewis, T. R., Smith, A. L., Mayerl, S. J., Rougié, M., Simon, J. M., Arshavsky, V. Y., Greenwald, S. H., Gamm, D. M., Pinilla, I., & Philpot, B. D. | Olympus FV3000RS |
| 2023 | A suite of engineered mice for interrogating psychedelic drug actions | bioRxiv | Chiu, Y. T., Deutch, A. Y., Wang, W., Schmitz, G. P., Huang, K. L., Kocak, D. D., Llorach, P., Bowyer, K., Liu, B., Sciaky, N., Hua, K., Chen, C., Mott, S. E., Niehaus, J., DiBerto, J. F., English, J., Walsh, J. J., Scherrer, G., Herman, M. A., Wu, Z., … Roth, B. L. | Olympus FV3000RS |
| 2023 | Genetics of cell-type-specific post-transcriptional gene regulation during human neurogenesis | bioRxiv | Aygün, N., Krupa, O., Mory, J., Le, B., Valone, J., Liang, D., Love, M. I., & Stein, J. L. | Nikon Eclipse Ti2 |
| 2023 | Cross-site reproducibility of human cortical organoids reveals consistent cell type composition and architecture | bioRxiv | Glass, M. R., Waxman, E. A., Yamashita, S., Lafferty, M., Beltran, A., Farah, T., Patel, N. K., Matoba, N., Ahmed, S., Srivastava, M., Drake, E., Davis, L. T., Yeturi, M., Sun, K., Love, M. I., Hashimoto-Torii, K., French, D. L., & Stein, J. L. | Olympus FV3000RS |
| 2023 | Autism-linked UBE3A gain-of-function mutation causes interneuron and behavioral phenotypes when inherited maternally or paternally in mice | Cell Reports | Xing, L., Simon, J. M., Ptacek, T. S., Yi, J. J., Loo, L., Mao, H., Wolter, J. M., McCoy, E. S., Paranjape, S. R., Taylor-Blake, B., & Zylka, M. J. | Zeiss LSM 710, Zeiss LSM 780 |
| 2023 | Multi-monoubiquitination controls VASP-mediated actin dynamics | bioRxiv | McCormick, L. E., Suarez, C., Herring, L. E., Cannon, K. S., Kovar, D. R., Brown, N. G., & Gupton, S. L. | Zeiss LSM 980 |
| 2023 | Activity-dependent tau cleavage by caspase-3 promotes neuronal dysfunction and synaptotoxicity | iScience | Opland, C. K., Bryan, M. R., Harris, B., McGillion-Moore, J., Tian, X., Chen, Y., Itano, M. S., Diering, G. H., Meeker, R. B., & Cohen, T. J. | Zeiss LSM 780 |
| 2023 | Compensatory remodeling of a septo-hippocampal GABAergic network in the triple transgenic Alzheimer’s mouse model | Journal of Translational Medicine | Wander, C. M., Li, Y. D., Bao, H., Asrican, B., Luo, Y. J., Sullivan, H. A., Chao, T. H., Zhang, W. T., Chéry, S. L., Tart, D. S., Chen, Z. K., Shih, Y. I., Wickersham, I. R., Cohen, T. J., & Song, J. | Olympus FV3000RS |
| 2023 | Activation of hypothalamic-enhanced adult-born neurons restores cognitive and affective function in Alzheimer’s disease | Cell Stem Cell | Li, Y. D., Luo, Y. J., Xie, L., Tart, D. S., Sheehy, R. N., Zhang, L., Coleman, L. G., Jr, Chen, X., & Song, J. | Olympus FV3000RS |
| 2023 | MicroRNA-eQTLs in the developing human neocortex link miR-4707-3p expression to brain size | eLife | Lafferty, M. J., Aygün, N., Patel, N. K., Krupa, O., Liang, D., Wolter, J. M., Geschwind, D. H., de la Torre-Ubieta, L., & Stein, J. L. | Nikon Eclipse Ti2 |
| 2023 | Cellular Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Common Genetic Variation Influencing Lithium-Induced Neural Progenitor Proliferation | Biological Psychiatry | Wolter, J. M., Le, B. D., Matoba, N., Lafferty, M. J., Aygün, N., Liang, D., Courtney, K., Song, J., Piven, J., Zylka, M. J., & Stein, J. L. | |
| 2022 | ZipperCells Exhibit Enhanced Accumulation and Retention at the Site of Myocardial Infarction | Advanced Healthcare Materials | Jasiewicz, N. E., Mei, K. C., Oh, H. M., Chansoria, P., Hendy, D. A., Bonacquisti, E. E., Bachelder, E. M., Ainslie, K. M., Yin, H., Qian, L., Jensen, B. C., & Nguyen, J. | Olympus FV3000RS |
| 2022 | Multi-omic profiling reveals the ataxia protein sacsin is required for integrin trafficking and synaptic organization | Cell Reports | Romano, L. E. L., Aw, W. Y., Hixson, K. M., Novoselova, T. V., Havener, T. M., Howell, S., Taylor-Blake, B., Hall, C. L., Xing, L., Beri, J., Nethisinghe, S., Perna, L., Hatimy, A., Altadonna, G. C., Graves, L. M., Herring, L. E., Hickey, A. J., Thalassinos, K., Chapple, J. P., & Wolter, J. M. | Olympus FV3000RS |
| 2022 | Molecular and behavioral consequences of Ube3a gene overdosage in mice | JCI Insight | Punt, A. M., Judson, M. C., Sidorov, M. S., Williams, B. N., Johnson, N. S., Belder, S., den Hertog, D., Davis, C. R., Feygin, M. S., Lang, P. F., Jolfaei, M. A., Curran, P. J., van IJcken, W. F., Elgersma, Y., & Philpot, B. D. | Zeiss LSM 710 |
| 2022 | Corpora amylacea are associated with tau burden and cognitive status in Alzheimer’s disease | Acta Neuropathologica Communications | Wander, C. M., Tsujimoto, T. H. M., Ervin, J. F., Wang, C., Maranto, S. M., Bhat, V., Dallmeier, J. D., Wang, S. J., Lin, F. C., Scott, W. K., Holtzman, D. M., & Cohen, T. J. | Olympus FV3000RS |
| 2022 | Whole-Brain Single-Cell Imaging and Analysis of Intact Neonatal Mouse Brains Using MRI, Tissue Clearing, and Light-Sheet Microscopy | Journal of Visualized Experiments | Kyere, F. A., Curtin, I., Krupa, O., McCormick, C. M., Dere, M., Khan, S., Kim, M., Wang, T. W., He, Q., Wu, G., Shih, Y. I., & Stein, J. L. | Linux Analysis Workstation |
| 2022 | Actin nano-architecture of phagocytic podosomes | Nature Communications | Herron, J. C., Hu, S., Watanabe, T., Nogueira, A. T., Liu, B., Kern, M. E., Aaron, J., Taylor, A., Pablo, M., Chew, T. L., Elston, T. C., & Hahn, K. M. | Windows Analysis Workstation |
| 2022 | Translaminar recurrence from layer 5 suppresses superficial cortical layers | Nature Communications | Onodera, K., & Kato, H. K. | Olympus FV3000RS |
| 2022 | Rescue of behavioral and electrophysiological phenotypes in a Pitt-Hopkins syndrome mouse model by genetic restoration of Tcf4 expression | eLife | Kim, H., Gao, E. B., Draper, A., Berens, N. C., Vihma, H., Zhang, X., Higashi-Howard, A., Ritola, K. D., Simon, J. M., Kennedy, A. J., & Philpot, B. D. | Zeiss LSM 710, Nikon Eclipse Ti2 |
| 2022 | Hypothalamic modulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in mice confers activity-dependent regulation of memory and anxiety-like behavior | Nature Neuroscience | Li, Y. D., Luo, Y. J., Chen, Z. K., Quintanilla, L., Cherasse, Y., Zhang, L., Lazarus, M., Huang, Z. L., & Song, J. | Olympus FV3000RS |
| 2022 | Analysis of Astrocyte Territory Volume and Tiling in Thick Free-Floating Tissue Sections | Journal of Visualized Experiments | Eaker, A. R., & Baldwin, K. T. | Olympus FV3000RS |
| 2022 | Developmental pyrethroid exposure and age influence phenotypes in a Chd8 haploinsufficient autism mouse model | Scientific Reports | Jiménez, J. A., Simon, J. M., Hu, W., Moy, S. S., Harper, K. M., Liu, C. W., Lu, K., & Zylka, M. J. | Zeiss LSM 710 |
| 2022 | Antioxidant Response Activating nanoParticles (ARAPas) localize to atherosclerotic plaque and locally activate the Nrf2 pathway | Biomaterials Science | Maiocchi, S., Cartaya, A., Thai, S., Akerman, A., & Bahnson, E. (2022). Antioxidant Response Activating nanoParticles (ARAPas) localize to atherosclerotic plaque and locally activate the Nrf2 pathway | Zeiss LSM 780 |
| 2022 | Customized blood-brain barrier shuttle peptide to increase AAV9 vector crossing the BBB and augment transduction in the brain | Biomaterials | Zhang, X., Chai, Z., Lee Dobbins, A., Itano, M. S., Askew, C., Miao, Z., Niu, H., Samulski, R. J., & Li, C. | Olympus FV3000RS |
| 2022 | VE-Cadherin Is Required for Cardiac Lymphatic Maintenance and Signaling | Circulation Research | Harris, N. R., Nielsen, N. R., Pawlak, J. B., Aghajanian, A., Rangarajan, K., Serafin, D. S., Farber, G., Dy, D. M., Nelson-Maney, N. P., Xu, W., Ratra, D., Hurr, S. H., Qian, L., Scallan, J. P., & Caron, K. M. | Nikon Eclipse Ti2 |