Astrocytic regulation of synchronous bursting in cortical cultures: from local to global

R Kumar, YT Huang, CC Chen… - Cerebral Cortex …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Synchronous bursting (SB) is ubiquitous in neuronal networks and independent of network
structure. Although it is known to be driven by glutamatergic neurotransmissions, its …

[HTML][HTML] Calcium-dependent hyperexcitability in human stem cell–derived rett syndrome neuronal networks

KS Pradeepan, FP McCready, W Wei, M Khaki… - … Psychiatry Global Open …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Mutations in MECP2 predominantly cause Rett syndrome and can be modeled
in vitro using human stem cell–derived neurons. Patients with Rett syndrome have signs of …

Hyperexcitability in human MECP2 null neuronal networks manifests as calcium-dependent reverberating super bursts

KS Pradeepan, FP McCready, W Wei, M Khaki… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Rett syndrome (RTT) patients show abnormal developmental trajectories including loss of
language and repetitive hand movements but also have signs of cortical hyperexcitability …

Hypersynchronous iPSC-derived SHANK2 neuronal networks are rescued by mGluR5 agonism

FP McCready, KS Pradeepan, M Khaki, W Wei… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Variants in the gene encoding the postsynaptic scaffolding protein SHANK2 are associated
with several neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism spectrum disorder. Here, we …

Breaking the Burst: Unveiling Mechanisms Behind Fragmented Network Bursts in Patient-derived Neurons

N Doorn, EJHF Voogd, MR Levers, MJAM van Putten… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Fragmented network bursts (NBs) are observed as a phenotypic driver in many patient-
derived neuronal networks on multi-electrode arrays (MEAs), but the pathophysiological …

Hyperconnectivity of iPSC-derived SHANK2 Neurons and Networks is Rescued by mGluR5 Agonism in an in vitro Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder

FP McCready - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is etiologically complex and is associated with a multitude
of genetic mutations, many of which disrupt genes that encode proteins important for proper …

Principles for generation of reverberation

Y Ren, Y Xiao, GQ Bi, PM Lau - arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.06262, 2022 - arxiv.org
In modern neuroscience, memory has been postulated to stored in neural circuits as
sequential spike train and Reverberation is one of the specific example. Former research …

Capturing remote activation of epilepsy source?

AV Paraskevov, DK Zendrikov - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Spontaneous focal synchronization of collective spiking followed by induced traveling waves
can occur in the cortical sheet and in cultured planar neuronal networks. In the first case, it is …