Two-photon calcium imaging of neuronal activity

C Grienberger, A Giovannucci, W Zeiger… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
In vivo two-photon calcium imaging (2PCI) is a technique used for recording neuronal
activity in the intact brain. It is based on the principle that, when neurons fire action …

Fluorescence imaging of large-scale neural ensemble dynamics

TH Kim, MJ Schnitzer - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Recent progress in fluorescence imaging allows neuroscientists to observe the dynamics of
thousands of individual neurons, identified genetically or by their connectivity, across …

Microglia jointly degrade fibrillar alpha-synuclein cargo by distribution through tunneling nanotubes

H Scheiblich, C Dansokho, D Mercan, SV Schmidt… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Microglia are the CNS resident immune cells that react to misfolded proteins through pattern
recognition receptor ligation and activation of inflammatory pathways. Here, we studied how …

[HTML][HTML] Psilocybin induces rapid and persistent growth of dendritic spines in frontal cortex in vivo

LX Shao, C Liao, I Gregg, PA Davoudian, NK Savalia… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Psilocybin is a serotonergic psychedelic with untapped therapeutic potential. There are hints
that the use of psychedelics can produce neural adaptations, although the extent and …

Oligodendrocyte precursor cells ingest axons in the mouse neocortex

JA Buchanan, L Elabbady, F Collman… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Neurons in the developing brain undergo extensive structural refinement as nascent circuits
adopt their mature form. This physical transformation of neurons is facilitated by the …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale two-photon calcium imaging in freely moving mice

W Zong, HA Obenhaus, ER Skytøen, H Eneqvist… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
We developed a miniaturized two-photon microscope (MINI2P) for fast, high-resolution,
multiplane calcium imaging of over 1,000 neurons at a time in freely moving mice. With a …

Microglia rescue neurons from aggregate-induced neuronal dysfunction and death through tunneling nanotubes

H Scheiblich, F Eikens, L Wischhof, S Opitz, K Jüngling… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Microglia are crucial for maintaining brain health and neuron function. Here, we report that
microglia establish connections with neurons using tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) in both …

[HTML][HTML] Neutrophils obstructing brain capillaries are a major cause of no-reflow in ischemic stroke

M El Amki, C Glück, N Binder, W Middleham, MT Wyss… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Despite successful clot retrieval in large vessel occlusion stroke,∼ 50% of patients have an
unfavorable clinical outcome. The mechanisms underlying this functional reperfusion failure …

Systemic inflammation impairs microglial Aβ clearance through NLRP 3 inflammasome

D Tejera, D Mercan, JM Sanchez‐Caro… - The EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent type of dementia and is caused by the deposition
of extracellular amyloid‐beta and abnormal tau phosphorylation. Neuroinflammation has …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular circuits in the brain and their modulation in acute and chronic pain

R Kuner, T Kuner - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Chronic, pathological pain remains a global health problem and a challenge to basic and
clinical sciences. A major obstacle to preventing, treating, or reverting chronic pain has been …