Presented here is a modified roller tube method for culturing and intermittent high-resolution imaging of rodent brain slices over many weeks with precise repositioning on photoetched coverslips. Neuronal viability and slice morphology are well maintained. Applications of this fully enclosed system using viruses for cell-type specific expression are provided.
Fixman, B. B., Babcock, I. W., Minamide, L. S., Shaw, A. E., Oliveira da Silva, M. I., Runyan, A. M., Maloney, M. T., Field, J. J., Bamburg, J. R. Modified Roller Tube Method for Precisely Localized and Repetitive Intermittent Imaging During Long-term Culture of Brain Slices in an Enclosed System. J. Vis. Exp. (130), e56436, doi:10.3791/56436 (2017).