A robust protocol to monitor neural populations by time-lapse video-microscopy followed by software-based post-processing is described. This method represents a powerful tool to identify biological events in a selected population during live imaging experiments.
Gómez-Villafuertes, R., Paniagua-Herranz, L., Gascon, S., de Agustín-Durán, D., Ferreras, M. d. l. O., Gil-Redondo, J. C., Queipo, M. J., Menendez-Mendez, A., Pérez-Sen, R., Delicado, E. G., Gualix, J., Costa, M. R., Schroeder, T., Miras-Portugal, M. T., Ortega, F. Live Imaging Followed by Single Cell Tracking to Monitor Cell Biology and the Lineage Progression of Multiple Neural Populations. J. Vis. Exp. (130), e56291, doi:10.3791/56291 (2017).