Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Visualization and molecular characterization of whole-brain vascular networks with capillary resolution

  • Takeyuki Miyawaki,
  • Shota Morikawa,
  • Etsuo A. Susaki,
  • Ai Nakashima,
  • Haruki Takeuchi,
  • Shun Yamaguchi,
  • Hiroki R. Ueda,
  • Yuji Ikegaya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14786-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Structural and molecular elucidation of cerebrovascular network is promising for understanding energy supply system in the brain. Here, the authors describe labeling and tissue clearing techniques that visualize the whole-brain vasculature in a molecularly characterizable manner.