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MALDI Imaging Mass Spectrometry for Investigating the Brain

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Dynamic properties of the nervous system can now be investigated through mass spectrometry technologies. Generally, the application of these powerful techniques requires the destruction of the specimen under study/examination, but recent technological advances have made it possible to directly analyze tissue sections and perform 2-D or 3-D molecular ions mapping. We review the increasing application of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) imaging to the analysis of molecular distributions of proteins and peptides in nervous tissues of both invertebrates and vertebrates, focusing in particular on recent studies of neurodegenerative diseases, and early efforts to implement assays of neuronal development.

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Supported by grants from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ministère de L’Education Nationale, de L’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR to IF) and Genoscope (to MS).

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Fournier, I., Mériaux, C., Wisztorski, M., Rakwal, R., Salzet, M. (2011). MALDI Imaging Mass Spectrometry for Investigating the Brain. In: Ivanov, A., Lazarev, A. (eds) Sample Preparation in Biological Mass Spectrometry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0828-0_36

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