The Plastic Glial‐Synaptic Dynamics within the Neuropil: A Self‐Organizing System Composed of Polyelectrolytes in Phase Transition

VM Fernandes de Lima, A Pereira Jr - Neural Plasticity, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Several explanations have been proposed to account for the mechanisms of neuroglial
interactions involved in neural plasticity. We review experimental results addressing plastic …

Reaction‐diffusion waves in neuronal tissue and the window of cortical excitability

MA Dahlem, SC Müller - Annalen der Physik, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Spreading depression (SD) is a dynamic wave phenomenon occurring in all gray matter
regions of the central nervous systems (CNS). It is characterized by a sudden breakdown of …

Simultaneous monitoring of intracellular pH changes and hemodynamic response during cortical spreading depression by fluorescence-corrected multimodal optical …

X Sun, Y Wang, S Chen, W Luo, P Li, Q Luo - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
Cortical spreading depression (CSD) plays an important role in trauma, migraine and
ischemia. CSD could induce pronounced hemodynamic changes and the disturbance of pH …

Time-varying spreading depression waves in rat cortex revealed by optical intrinsic signal imaging

S Chen, P Li, W Luo, H Gong, S Zeng, Q Luo - Neuroscience letters, 2006 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the variation of propagation patterns of successive spreading
depression (SD) waves induced by K+ in rat cortex. SD was elicited by 1M KCl solution in …

Saccades to stationary and moving targets differ in the monkey

Y Guan, T Eggert, O Bayer, U Büttner - Experimental brain research, 2005 - Springer
Saccade characteristics in response to moving and stationary targets were studied in three
monkeys (Macaca mulatta) that had been trained to look at a target, which after an initial …

Correlation between the durations of refractory period and intrinsic optical signal of retinal spreading depression during temperature variations

MS Weimer, W Hanke - Experimental brain research, 2005 - Springer
Spreading depression (SD) is a neurophysiological phenomenon which occurs in the grey
substance of the central nervous system. SD is characterised by a wave-like spread of …

Correlation of the electrical and intrinsic optical signals in the chicken spreading depression phenomenon

NLV Peixoto, VMF De Lima, W Hanke - Neuroscience letters, 2001 - Elsevier
This paper presents some results on the correlation between the electrophysiological and
intrinsic optical signals (IOS) of spreading depression waves in chicken retinae. We first …

Pharmacological modulation of the refractory period of retinal spreading depression

S Brand, VM Fernandes de Lima, W Hanke - … -Schmiedeberg's archives of …, 1998 - Springer
Spreading depression (SD) is a propagating wave of neuronal activity in the central nervous
system and may play a role in triggering classical migraine. The retina serves as a model …

Extracellular potassium alters frequency and profile of retinal spreading depression waves

YA Dahlem, MA Dahlem, T Mair, K Braun… - Experimental brain …, 2003 - Springer
The phenomenon of spreading depression (SD) was observed in chicken retina by means of
optical registration via a microscope and a CCD camera applying modern methods of image …

Cortical spreading depression-induced preconditioning in mouse neocortex is lamina specific

HM Gniel, RL Martin - Journal of Neurophysiology, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Cortical spreading depression (CSD) is able to confer neuroprotection when delivered at
least 1 day in advance of an ischemic event. However, its ability to confer neuroprotection in …