MAGRITE

MAGNETIC RESONANCE MICROSCOPY FOR IN VITRO EPILEPSY


Relevant for Research Area

B - Core technologies

 

 


Summary

Up to know, the underlying mechanisms leading to epilepsy still remain unclear. Therefore, it is essential to find early markers of epilepsy in order to enable an effective treatment. Within the MAGRITE project we aimed at dynamically monitoring the structural and molecular changes accompanying epileptogenesis at the limits of technical feasibility. To reach this goal we used high resolution magnetic resonance microscopy of organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHSC), which enabled us to measure a defined neuronal network repetitively. OHSCs preserve the hippocampal structure with all the advantages of in vitro paradigms, notably the lack of a blood-brain barrier and thus easy accessibility for pharmacological


Publications and Acheivements

Journal publications

Kamberger R, Göbel-Guéniot K, Gerlach J, Gruschke OG, Hennig J, LeVan P, Haas C, Korvink JG. Improved method for MR microscopy of brain tissue cultured with the interface method combined with Lenz lenses. MRI. 2018 Oct;52:24-32.

Gerlach J, Donkels C, Münzner G, Haas CA. Persistent Gliosis Interferes with Neurogenesis in Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures. Front Cell Neurosci. 2016 May 18;10:131.

Orcinha C, Münzner G, Gerlach J, Kilias A, Follo M, Egert U, Haas CA. Seizure- Induced Motility of Differentiated Dentate Granule Cells Is Prevented by the Central Reelin Fragment. Front Cell Neurosci. 2016 Jul 28;10:183.

Bär S, Weigel M, von Elverfeldt D, Hennig J, Leupold J. Intrinsic diffusion sensitivity  of the balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) imaging sequence. NMR Biomed. 2015 Nov;28(11):1383-92.

Göbel-Guéniot K*, Gerlach J*, Kamberger R, von Elverfeldt D, Hennig J, Korvink JG, Haas CA*, LeVan P*. Direct histological validation of micro-MR of healthy and pathological mouse brain tissue microstructure (in revision)

 

Conference abstracts

Göbel-Guéniot K, Kamberger R, Gerlach G, von Elverfeldt D, Haas CA, Korvink JG, Hennig J, LeVan P. Insights into intrahippocampal networks using Magnetic Resonance Microscopy at 7 T. Proc. World Molecular Imaging Society, New York, 2016.

Göbel K, Gerlach J, Kamberger R, Leupold J, Elverfeldt DV, Korvink JG, Haas C, Hennig J, LeVan P. Cellular-level Alterations in Epileptogenesis - MR Microscopy of Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures. Proc. International Conference on Magnetic Resonance Microscopy, Munich, 2015.

Göbel K, Gerlach J, Kamberger R, von Elverfeldt D, Haas CA, Korvink JG, Hennig J, LeVan P. Investigation of structural alterations in epileptogenesis using MR microscopy. Proc. European Society for Molecular Imaging, Tübingen, 2015.

Göbel K, Gerlach J, Kamberger R, Leupold J, von Elverfeldt D, Haas C, Korvink JG, Hennig J, LeVan P. Micro-MR correlates of cellular-level alterations in epileptogenesis. Proc. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, 2015.

Kamberger R, Göbel K, Gerlach J, Gruschke OG, LeVan P, Leupold J, von Elverfeldt D, Hennig J, Haas CA, Korvink JG. Magnetic resonance compatible Mini-incubator for the examination of Epilep-togenesis in vitro. Proc. Mikrosystemtechnik-Kongress, Karlsruhe, 2015.

Kamberger R, Göbel K, Gerlach J, Gruschke OG, LeVan P, Leupold J, von Elverfeldt D, Hennig J, Haas CA, Korvink JG. Merging Brain Slice Culturing And Magnetic Resonance Microscopy. Proc. International Conference on Magnetic Resonance Microscopy, Munich, 2015.

Kamberger R, Göbel K, Gerlach J, Gruschke OG, LeVan P, Leupold J, von Elverfeldt D, Hennig J, Haas CA, Korvink JG. MR-compatible mini-incubator for in vitro studies of epileptogenesis in or-ganotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Proc. EUROMAR, Prague, 2015.

Dhital B, Leupold J and Kiselev V. PFG Filter for Oscillating Gradient Diffusion Measurements. Proc. ISMRM, Milan, 2014.

Göbel K, Leupold J, Dhital B, LeVan P, Reisert M, Gerlach J, Kamberger R, Haas  CA, Hennig J, von Elverfeldt D, Korvink JG. MR Microscopy and DTI of Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures. Proc. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Milan, 2014.

Göbel K, Kamberger R, Gerlach J, Gruschke OG, Leupold J, LeVan P, von Elverfeldt D, Korvink JG, Haas CA, Hennig J. MR Microscopy of Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures: A First Look at the Anatomy. Proc. DS-ISMRM, Freiburg, 2013.

Göbel K, Kamberger R, Gerlach J, Gruschkeb, Leupold J, LeVan P, von Elverfeldt D, Korvink JG, Haas CA, Hennig J. MR Microscopy of Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures: First Steps to an In Vitro Approach for Experimental Epilepsy Research. Proc. International Conference on Magnetic Resonance Microscopy, Cambridge, 2013.