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An ex vivo Model of Paired Cultured Hippocampal Neurons for Bi-directionally Studying Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity

Bio-Protocol, 2023
Synapses provide the main route of signal transduction within neuronal networks. Many factors regulate critical synaptic functions. These include presynaptic calcium channels, triggering neurotransmitter release, and postsynaptic ionotropic receptors ...
Ruslan Stanika, Gerald Obermair
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Unveiling the Synaptic Function and Structure Using Paired Recordings From Synaptically Coupled Neurons

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 2020
Synaptic transmission between neurons is the basic mechanism for information processing in cortical microcircuits. To date, paired recording from synaptically coupled neurons is the most widely used method which allows a detailed functional ...
Guanxiao Qi, Danqing Yang, Chao Ding, Dirk Feldmeyer, Dirk Feldmeyer, Dirk Feldmeyer   +5 more
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Chronic Ethanol Exposure Enhances Facial Stimulation-Evoked Mossy Fiber–Granule Cell Synaptic Transmission via GluN2A Receptors in the Mouse Cerebellar Cortex

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2021
Sensory information is transferred to the cerebellar cortex via the mossy fiber–granule cell (MF–GC) pathway, which participates in motor coordination and motor learning.
Bing-Xue Li, Bing-Xue Li, Guang-Hui Dong, Guang-Hui Dong, Hao-Long Li, Hao-Long Li, Jia-Song Zhang, Jia-Song Zhang, Yan-Hua Bing, Chun-Ping Chu, Chun-Ping Chu, Song-Biao Cui, De-Lai Qiu, De-Lai Qiu   +13 more
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Differential synaptic mechanism underlying the neuronal modulation of prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus in response to chronic postsurgical pain with or without cognitive deficits in rats

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022
Chronic Postsurgical Pain (CPSP) is well recognized to impair cognition, particularly memory. Mounting evidence suggests anatomic and mechanistic overlap between pain and cognition on several levels.
Zhen Li, Zhigang He, Zhixiao Li, Tianning Sun, Wencui Zhang, Hongbing Xiang   +5 more
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Reprogramming glioblastoma multiforme cells into neurons by protein kinase inhibitors

Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2018
Background Reprogramming of cancers into normal-like tissues is an innovative strategy for cancer treatment. Recent reports demonstrate that defined factors can reprogram cancer cells into pluripotent stem cells. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most
Jie Yuan, Fan Zhang, Dennis Hallahan, Zhen Zhang, Liming He, Ling-Gang Wu, Meng You, Qin Yang   +7 more
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Noradrenaline depresses facial stimulation-evoked cerebellar MLI-PC synaptic transmission via α2-AR/PKA signaling cascade in vivo in mice

Scientific Reports, 2023
The noradrenergic fibers of the locus coeruleus, together with mossy fibers and climbing fibers, comprise the three types of cerebellar afferents that modulate the cerebellar neuronal circuit.
Jun-Ya Wang, Wen-Cai Weng, Ting-Qi Wang, Yue Liu, De-Lai Qiu, Mao-Cheng Wu, Chun-Ping Chu   +6 more
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Conversion of Fibroblasts to Neural Cells by p53 Depletion

Cell Reports, 2014
Conversion from fibroblasts to neurons has recently been successfully induced. However, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we find that depletion of p53 alone converts fibroblasts into all three major neural lineages.
Di Zhou, Zhen Zhang, Li-Ming He, Juan Du, Fan Zhang, Chong-Kui Sun, Yu Zhou, Xiao-Wei Wang, Ge Lin, Ke-Ming Song, Ling-Gang Wu, Qin Yang   +11 more
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Membrane palmitoylated protein 2 is a synaptic scaffold protein required for synaptic SK2-containing channel function

eLife, 2016
Mouse CA1 pyramidal neurons express apamin-sensitive SK2-containing channels in the post-synaptic membrane, positioned close to NMDA-type (N-methyl-D-aspartate) glutamate receptors.
Gukhan Kim, Rafael Luján, Jochen Schwenk, Melissa H Kelley, Carolina Aguado, Masahiko Watanabe, Bernd Fakler, James Maylie, John P Adelman   +8 more
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Oxytocin Regulates Synaptic Transmission in the Sensory Cortices in a Developmentally Dynamic Manner

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2021
The development and stabilization of neuronal circuits are critical to proper brain function. Synapses are the building blocks of neural circuits. Here we examine the effects of the neuropeptide oxytocin on synaptic transmission in L2/3 pyramidal neurons
Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Shu-Jing Li, Wanying Miao, Xiaodi Zhang, Jing-Jing Zheng, Chen Wang, Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu   +8 more
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Bidirectional Dysregulation of AMPA Receptor-Mediated Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in Brain Disorders

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 2020
AMPA receptors (AMPARs) are glutamate-gated ion channels that mediate the majority of fast excitatory synaptic transmission throughout the brain. Changes in the properties and postsynaptic abundance of AMPARs are pivotal mechanisms in synaptic plasticity,
Hongyu Zhang, Clive R. Bramham
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