Using MRI scans (human), 3D imaging software, and immunohistological analysis, we document changes to the brain’s lateral ventricles. Longitudinal 3D mapping of lateral ventricle volume changes and characterization of periventricular cellular changes that occur in the human brain due to aging or disease are then modeled in mice.
Acabchuk, R. L., Sun, Y., Wolferz, Jr., R., Eastman, M. B., Lennington, J. B., Shook, B. A., Wu, Q., Conover, J. C. 3D Modeling of the Lateral Ventricles and Histological Characterization of Periventricular Tissue in Humans and Mouse. J. Vis. Exp. (99), e52328, doi:10.3791/52328 (2015).