简介：Directexposuretointensivevisiblelightcanleadtosolarretinopathy,includingmacularinjury.Thesignsandsymptomsincludecentralscotoma,metamorphopsia,anddecreasedvision.However,therehavebeenfewstudiesexaminingretinalinjuryduetointensivelightstimulationatthecellularlevel.Neuralnetworkarrangementsandgeneexpressionpatternsinzebrafishphotoreceptorsaresimilartothoseobservedinhumans,andphotoreceptorinjuryinzebrafishcaninducestemcell-basedcellularregeneration.Therefore,thezebrafishretinaisconsideredausefulmodelforstudyingphotoreceptorinjuryinhumans.Inthecurrentstudy,thecentralretinalphotoreceptorsofzebrafishwereselectivelyablatedbystimulationwithhigh-intensitylight.Retinalinjury,cellproliferationandregenerationofconesandrodswereassessedat1,3and7dayspostlesionwithimmunohistochemistryandinsituhybridization.Additionally,alight/darkboxtestwasusedtoassesszebrafishbehavior.Theresultsrevealedthatphotoreceptorswereregeneratedby7daysafterthelight-inducedinjury.However,theregeneratedcellsshowedadisruptedarrangementatthelesionsite.Duringtheinjury-regenerationprocess,thezebrafishexhibitedreducedlocomotorcapacity,weakenedphototaxisandincreasedmovementangularvelocity.Thesebehaviorsmatchedthemorphologicalchangesofretinalinjuryandregenerationinanumberofways.Thisstudydemonstratesthatthezebrafishretinahasarobustcapacityforregeneration.Visualimpairmentandstressresponsesfollowinghigh-intensitylightstimulationappeartocontributetothealterationofbehaviors.

简介：BACKGROUND:Duetothelackofautografttransplantrejection,Schwanncells(SCs)canpromotetheproliferationofembryonicstemcellsandtheinductionofdopaminergicneurons.Mesencephalicstemcellscanbeinducedtoproducedopaminergicneurons.Thetherapeuticeffectsofco-graftsofSCsandneuralstemcells(NSCs)deservesfurtherstudyandverificationinParkinsoniananimalmodels.OBJECTIVE:ToinvestigatetheeffectsofSchwanncellsandmesencephalicNSCco-graftsinParkinsoniananimalmodelsonanimalbehaviorandhistology.DESIGN:Randomizedcontrolledexperiment.SETTING:FudanUniversity;InstituteofNeuroscience,ChineseAcademyofSciences.MATERIALS:ThefollowinganimalswereobtainedfromtheExperimentalAnimalCenter,ShanghaiInstituteforBiologicalScience,ChineseAcademyofSciences:5Sprague-Dawleyrats,embryonicday(E)13-16;16neonatalSprague-Dawleyrats,postnatalday1-3;and18adultSDratsofbothgenders.Animalexperimentationmetanimalethicalapproval.METHODS:TheexperimentwasperformedattheDepartmentofAnatomy,HistologyandEmbryology,ShanghaiMedicalCenter,FudanUniversityfromSeptember2005toJanuary2007.ThemesencephalicNSCswereobtainedfromthebrainsofSDratsatE13-16,andSCswereharvestedfromthesciaticnervesofneonatalratsatday1-3.Hemiparkinsonianrats(n=18)wereselectedfortransplantationafterestimatingrotationalbehaviorinresponsetoapomorphineandwererandomlyassignedtothreegroups:controlgroup,NSCgroup,andco-graftgroup.Therewere6ratsineachgroup.Eitherphosphatebufferedsaline(PBS),NSCs,orSCsplusNSCsweretransplantedintotherightneostriatumofParkinsonianrats,respectively.MAINOUTCOMEMEASURES:①Rotationalbehaviorwasinducedbyapomorphine(0.05mg/kg,i.p.)2,4,6,8,and10weeksaftertransplantation,andthenumberofrotationswerecounted.②Differentiationandsurvivalofdopaminergicneuronsintherightneostriatumwerequantifiedbytyrosinehydroxylaseimmu