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Alterations in brain connectivity due to plasticity and synaptic delay

, 2017
Brain plasticity refers to brain's ability to change neuronal connections, as a result of environmental stimuli, new experiences, or damage. In this work, we study the effects of the synaptic delay on both the coupling strengths and synchronisation in a ...
Batista, A. M., Borges, F. S., Borges, R. R., Caldas, I. L., Iarosz, K. C., Lameu, E. L., Macau, E. E. N., Protachevicz, P. R., Viana, R. L.   +8 more
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Myelination of parvalbumin interneurons shapes the function of cortical sensory inhibitory circuits

Nature Communications, 2020
Myelination of projection neurons by oligodendrocytes is key to optimize action potential conduction over long distances. However, a large fraction of myelin enwraps the axons of parvalbumin-positive fast-spiking interneurons (FSI), exclusively involved ...
N. Benamer, Marie Vidal, Maddalena Balia, M. C. Angulo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lithium ameliorates autistic-like behaviors induced by neonatal isolation in rats

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2014
Neonatal isolation is a widely accepted model to study the long-term behavioral changes produced by the early life events. However, it remains unknown whether neonatal isolation can induce autistic-like behaviors, and if so, whether pharmacological ...
Xiaoyan eWu, Xiaoyan eWu, Yanrui eBai, Yanrui eBai, Tao eTan, Tao eTan, Hongjie eLi, Hongjie eLi, Shuting eXia, Xinxia eChang, Zikai eZhou, Weihui eZhou, Weihui eZhou, Tingyu eLi, Tingyu eLi, Yu Tian eWang, Zhifang eDong, Zhifang eDong   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diffusion‐based size determination of solute particles: a method adapted for postsynaptic proteins

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We present a diffusion‐based approach for measuring the size of macromolecules and their complexes, and demonstrate its use on postsynaptic proteins. The method requires fluorescein‐labelled protein samples, a microfluidic device that maintains laminar flow for said samples, a microscope recording the emitted fluorescent signals, and an analytic ...
András László Szabó, Eszter Nagy‐Kanta, Soma Varga, Edit Andrea Jáger, Csaba István Pongor, Mária Laki, András József Laki, Zoltán Gáspári   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Loss of FKBP5 Affects Neuron Synaptic Plasticity: An Electrophysiology Insight [PDF]

, 2019
FKBP5 (FKBP51) is a glucocorticoid receptor (GR) binding protein, which acts as a co-chaperone of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) and negatively regulates GR.
Deng, Ran, Dou, Longyu, Liang, Tiebing, Liu, Ming, Qiu, Bin, Ren, Wei, Shou, Weinian, Stewart, Robert B., Wang, Chao, Wang, Jun, Williams, Kent E., Xie, Zhongwen, Xu, Yuxue, Yong, Weidong, Zhao, Zhenwen   +14 more
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Visual Recovery Reflects Cortical MeCP2 Sensitivity in Rett Syndrome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rett syndrome (RTT) is a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder with developmental regression affecting motor, sensory, and cognitive functions. Sensory disruptions contribute to the complex behavioral and cognitive difficulties and represent an important target for therapeutic interventions.
Alex Joseph Simon, Nathalie Picard, Valeria d'Andrea, Enchi Chang, Joseph Leffler, Eleonora Centofante, Matthew Taylor, Francesca Bardi, Francesca Cavicchiolo, Takao K. Hensch, Stefano Panzeri, Chinfei Chen, Michela Fagiolini   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuronal Synchronization Can Control the Energy Efficiency of Inter-Spike Interval Coding [PDF]

, 2018
The role of synchronous firing in sensory coding and cognition remains controversial. While studies, focusing on its mechanistic consequences in attentional tasks, suggest that synchronization dynamically boosts sensory processing, others failed to find ...
Ghavami, Siavash, Lahouti, Farshad, Rahmati, Vahid, Schwabe, Lars   +3 more
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Tutorial: Neuromorphic spiking neural networks for temporal learning

, 2018
Spiking neural networks (SNN) as time-dependent hypotheses consisting of spiking nodes (neurons) and directed edges (synapses) are believed to offer unique solutions to reward prediction tasks and the related feedback that are classified as reinforcement
Jeong, Doo Seok
core   +1 more source

CSF Levels of NPTX2 Are Associated With Less Brain Atrophy Over Time in Cognitively Unimpaired Individuals

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuronal pentraxin 2 (NPTX2) is a synaptic protein involved in synaptic plasticity and regulation of neuronal excitability. Lower baseline cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) NPTX2 levels have been shown to be associated with an earlier onset of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a pre‐dementia syndrome, even after CSF Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
Juan P. Vazquez, Corinne Pettigrew, Yuxin Zhu, Claire Anderson, Guray Erus, Christos Davatzikos, Michael Miller, Abhay Moghekar, Sungtaek Oh, Chan‐Hyun Na, Marilyn Albert, Paul Worley, Anja Soldan   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Melatonin Modulates the GABAergic Response in Cultured Rat Hippocampal Neurons

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2012
In the present study, we investigated the effect of melatonin on the GABA-induced current (IGABA) and GABAergic miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs) in cultured rat hippocampal neurons using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique.
Xin-Ping Cheng, Hao Sun, Zeng-You Ye, Jiang-Ning Zhou   +3 more
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