The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center 2 articles published in JoVE Medicine A Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial of Cranial Electrical Stimulation for Fibromyalgia Pain and Physical Function, Using Brain Imaging Biomarkers Anna Ree1, Benjamin Rapsas2, Chanse Denmon1, Mark Vernon1, Sheila AM Rauch1,2, Ying Guo3, Xiangqin Cui1,3, Jennifer S Stevens1,2, Venkatagiri Krishnamurthy1,2, Vitaly Napadow4, Jessica A Turner5, Anna Woodbury1,2 1Atlanta Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, 2Emory University School of Medicine, 3Rollins School of Public Health, 4Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 5The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center The current study is a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to determine the efficacy of cranial electrical stimulation (CES) for improving pain and function in fibromyalgia and further develop resting functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fcMRI) as a clinical tool to assess the neural correlates and mechanisms of chronic pain and analgesic response. Medicine Successful Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Mice Utilizing Microcomputed Tomography Angiography Qiang Zeng1, Doug A. Gouchoe2,3, Mahboubeh Nabavinia4, Yong Gyu Lee2, Xi Wang2, Terri A. Shaffer5, Mitchel R. Stacy4,5,6, Blake R. Peterson7,8, Bryan A. Whitson2,9, Christopher Breuer1,4, Sylvester M. Black1,10 1Center for Regenerative Medicine, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 5Division of Vascular Diseases and Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 6Interdisciplinary Biophysics Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, 7Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, 8The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, 9Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, 10Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center In this protocol, we discuss the implementation of a model of successful orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in mice. Additionally, adjuvants to further analyze allograft patency after successful OLT in a mouse are discussed as well, specifically utilizing microcomputed tomography (microCT) scans.
