Imaging brain tissue architecture across millimeter to nanometer scales

JM Michalska, J Lyudchik, P Velicky… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Mapping the complex and dense arrangement of cells and their connectivity in brain tissue
demands nanoscale spatial resolution imaging. Super-resolution optical microscopy excels …

Correlative light and volume electron microscopy to study brain development

S Hayashi, N Ohno, G Knott, Z Molnár - Microscopy, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Recent advances in volume electron microscopy (EM) have been driving our thorough
understanding of the brain architecture. Volume EM becomes increasingly powerful when …

Projections of hippocampal CA2 pyramidal neurons: Distinct innervation patterns of CA2 compared to CA3 in rodents

Y Shinohara, K Kohara - Hippocampus, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The hippocampus is a center for spatial and episodic memory formation in rodents.
Understanding the composition of subregions and circuitry maps of the hippocampus is …

LRRTM3 regulates activity-dependent synchronization of synapse properties in topographically connected hippocampal neural circuits

J Kim, D Park, NY Seo, TH Yoon… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Synaptic cell-adhesion molecules (CAMs) organize the architecture and properties of neural
circuits. However, whether synaptic CAMs are involved in activity-dependent remodeling of …

Stability and Function of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapses Depend on Bcl11b/Ctip2

E De Bruyckere, R Simon, S Nestel… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Structural and functional plasticity of synapses are critical neuronal mechanisms underlying
learning and memory. While activity-dependent regulation of synaptic strength has been …

Kirrel3-mediated synapse formation is attenuated by disease-associated missense variants

MR Taylor, EA Martin, B Sinnen… - Journal of …, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
Missense variants in Kirrel3 are repeatedly identified as risk factors for autism spectrum
disorder and intellectual disability, but it has not been reported if or how these variants …

Uncovering brain tissue architecture across scales with super-resolution light microscopy

JM Michalska, J Lyudchik, P Velicky, H Korinkova… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Mapping the complex and dense arrangement of cells and their connectivity in brain tissue
demands nanoscale spatial resolution imaging. Super-resolution optical microscopy excels …

Neph2/Kirrel3 regulates sensory input, motor coordination, and home‐cage activity in rodents

LA Völker, BA Maar, BA Pulido Guevara… - Genes, Brain and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Adhesion molecules of the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) are essential for neuronal
synapse development across evolution and control various aspects of synapse formation …

Deficiency in the neural cell adhesion molecule 2 (NCAM2) reduces axonal levels of beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1), affects axonal …

S Sah, R Keable, G Pfundstein, KJ Clemens… - Cerebral …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The neural cell adhesion molecule 2 (NCAM2) regulates axonal organization in the central
nervous system via mechanisms that have remained poorly understood. We now show that …

Activation of feedforward wiring in adult hippocampal neurons by the basic-helix-loop-helix transcription factor Ascl4

W Luo, M Egger, N Cruz-Ochoa, A Tse… - PNAS …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Although evidence indicates that the adult brain retains a considerable capacity for circuit
formation, adult wiring has not been broadly considered and remains poorly understood. In …