Functional dissection of astrocyte-secreted proteins: Implications in brain health and diseases

MK Jha, JH Kim, GJ Song, WH Lee, IK Lee… - Progress in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Astrocytes, which are homeostatic cells of the central nervous system (CNS), display
remarkable heterogeneity in their morphology and function. Besides their physical and …

The thalamocortical network as a single slow wave-generating unit

V Crunelli, F David, ML Lőrincz, SW Hughes - Current opinion in …, 2015 - Elsevier
During non-REM sleep the EEG is dominated by slow waves which result from synchronized
UP and DOWN states in the component neurons of the thalamocortical network. This review …

Cortical drive and thalamic feed-forward inhibition control thalamic output synchrony during absence seizures

C McCafferty, F David, M Venzi, ML Lőrincz… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Behaviorally and pathologically relevant cortico-thalamo-cortical oscillations are driven by
diverse interacting cell-intrinsic and synaptic processes. However, the mechanism that gives …

Cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain promote wakefulness by actions on neighboring non-cholinergic neurons: an opto-dialysis study

JC Zant, T Kim, L Prokai, S Szarka… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
Understanding the control of sleep–wake states by the basal forebrain (BF) poses a
challenge due to the intermingled presence of cholinergic, GABAergic, and glutamatergic …

Abnormalities of resting-state functional cortical connectivity in patients with dementia due to Alzheimer's and Lewy body diseases: an EEG study

C Babiloni, C Del Percio, R Lizio, G Noce, S Lopez… - Neurobiology of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Previous evidence showed abnormal posterior sources of resting-state delta (< 4 Hz) and
alpha (8–12 Hz) rhythms in patients with Alzheimer's disease with dementia (ADD) …

Let there be light—optoprobes for neural implants

MT Alt, E Fiedler, L Rudmann, JS Ordonez… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past decades, optical technologies have entered neural implant technologies.
Applications such as optogenetics, near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), and direct-near …

[HTML][HTML] Role for serotonin2A (5-HT2A) and 2C (5-HT2C) receptors in experimental absence seizures

M Venzi, F David, J Bellet, A Cavaccini, C Bombardi… - …, 2016 - Elsevier
Absence seizures (ASs) are the hallmark of childhood/juvenile absence epilepsy.
Monotherapy with first-line anti-absence drugs only controls ASs in 50% of patients …

CLARITY-compatible lipophilic dyes for electrode marking and neuronal tracing

KHR Jensen, RW Berg - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Fluorescent lipophilic dyes, such as DiI, stain cellular membranes and are used extensively
for retrograde/anterograde labeling of neurons as well as for marking the position of …

Suppression of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channel function in thalamocortical neurons prevents genetically determined and …

F David, N Çarçak, S Furdan, F Onat… - Journal of …, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels and the I h current they
generate contribute to the pathophysiological mechanisms of absence seizures (ASs), but …

Extracting electromyographic signals from multi-channel LFPs using independent component analysis without direct muscular recording

H Osanai, J Yamamoto, T Kitamura - Cell Reports Methods, 2023 - cell.com
Electromyography (EMG) has been commonly used for the precise identification of animal
behavior. However, it is often not recorded together with in vivo electrophysiology due to the …