Functional dissection of synaptic circuits: in vivo patch-clamp recording in neuroscience.

abstract：:The human cerebral cortex is highly convoluted as convex gyri and concave sulci. In the past decades, extensive studies have consistently revealed substantial differences between gyri and sulci in terms of genetics, anatomy, morphology, axonal fiber connections, and function. Although interesting findings have been re...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Yang S,Zhao Z,Cui H,Zhang T,Zhao L,He Z,Liu H,Guo L,Liu T,Becker B,Kendrick KM,Jiang X

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Open-source software development has skyrocketed in part due to community tools like github.com, which allows publication of code as well as the ability to create branches and push accepted modifications back to the original repository. As the number and size of EM-based datasets increases, the connectomics community ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Katz WT,Plaza SM

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, by using a combination of two viral vectors, we developed a technique for pathway-selective and reversible synaptic transmission blockade, and successfully induced a behavioral deficit of dexterous hand movements in macaque monkeys by affecting a population of spinal interneurons. To explore the capacity of ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Sooksawate T,Isa K,Matsui R,Kato S,Kinoshita M,Kobayashi K,Watanabe D,Kobayashi K,Isa T

更新日期：2013-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The central vocal pathway of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, is a powerful vertebrate model to understand mechanisms underlying central pattern generation. However, fast and efficient methods of introducing exogenous genes into the neurons of adult X. laevis are currently not available. Here, we systematicall...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Yamaguchi A,Woller DJ,Rodrigues P

更新日期：2018-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We have made use of the δ subunit-selective allosteric modulator DS2 (4-chloro-N-[2-(2-thienyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-yl benzamide) to assay the contribution of δ-GABAARs to tonic and phasic conductance changes in the cerebellum, thalamus and neocortex. In cerebellar granule cells, an enhancement of the tonic conduc...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Ye Z,McGee TP,Houston CM,Brickley SG

更新日期：2013-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Defensive behavioral responses are essential for survival in threating situations. The superior colliculus (SC) has been implicated in the generation of defensive behaviors elicited by visual, tactile and auditory stimuli. Furthermore, substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) neurons are known to exert a modulatory effe...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Almada RC,Genewsky AJ,Heinz DE,Kaplick PM,Coimbra NC,Wotjak CT

更新日期：2018-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods of functional connectivity are applied ubiquitously in studies involving non-invasive whole-brain signals, but may be not optimal for exploring the propagation of the steady-state responses, which are strong oscillatory patterns of neurodynamics evoked by periodic stimulation. In our study, we explore a functi...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Vakorin VA,Ross B,Doesburg SM,Ribary U,McIntosh AR

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The integration of the visual stimulus takes place at the level of the neocortex, organized in anatomically distinct and functionally unique areas. Primates, including humans, are heavily dependent on vision, with approximately 50% of their neocortical surface dedicated to visual processing and possess many more visua...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Homman-Ludiye J,Bourne JA

更新日期：2014-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of sensory neuroscience is to understand how the brain creates its myriad of representations of the world, and uses these representations to produce perception and behavior. Circuits of neurons in spatially segregated regions of brain tissue have distinct functional specializations, and these regions are conn...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Zavitz E,Price NSC

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic labeling of neurons with a specific response feature is an emerging technology for precise dissection of brain circuits that are functionally heterogeneous at the single-cell level. While immediate early gene mapping has been widely used for decades to identify brain regions which are activated by external sti...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Kawashima T,Okuno H,Bito H

更新日期：2014-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral and tufted cells (MTCs) of the mammalian olfactory bulb are connected via dendrodendritic synapses with inhibitory interneurons in the external plexiform layer. The range, spatial layout, and temporal properties of inhibitory interactions between MTCs mediated by inhibitory interneurons remain unclear. Therefor...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Lehmann A,D'Errico A,Vogel M,Spors H

更新日期：2016-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The perirhinal (PER) and entorhinal cortex (EC) receive input from the agranular insular cortex (AiP) and the subcortical lateral amygdala (LA) and the main output area is the hippocampus. Information transfer through the PER/EC network however, is not always guaranteed. It is hypothesized that this network actively r...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Willems JG,Wadman WJ,Cappaert NL

更新日期：2016-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of grid cells in rat entorhinal cortex, many models of their hexagonally arrayed spatial firing fields have been suggested. We review the models and organize them according to the mechanisms they use to encode position, update the positional code, read it out in the spatial grid pattern, and learn ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Zilli EA

更新日期：2012-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex motor behaviors are thought to be coordinated by networks of brain nuclei that may control different elementary motor programs. Transparent zebrafish larvae offer the opportunity to analyze the functional organization of motor control networks by optical manipulations of neuronal activity during behavior. We e...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Fajardo O,Zhu P,Friedrich RW

更新日期：2013-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:FOXP2 is a transcription factor functionally relevant for learned vocalizations in humans and songbirds. In songbirds, FoxP2 mRNA expression in the medium spiny neurons of the basal ganglia song nucleus Area X is developmentally regulated and varies with singing conditions in different social contexts. How individual ...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Thompson CK,Schwabe F,Schoof A,Mendoza E,Gampe J,Rochefort C,Scharff C

更新日期：2013-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A moving visual figure may contain first-order signals defined by variation in mean luminance, as well as second-order signals defined by constant mean luminance and variation in luminance envelope, or higher-order signals that cannot be estimated by taking higher moments of the luminance distribution. Separating thes...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Aptekar JW,Keles MF,Mongeau JM,Lu PM,Frye MA,Shoemaker PA

更新日期：2014-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to their ascending pathways that originate at the receptor cells, all sensory systems are characterized by extensive descending projections. Although the size of these connections often outweighs those that carry information in the ascending auditory pathway, we still have a relatively poor understanding o...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Bajo VM,King AJ

更新日期：2013-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The parahippocampal areas including the subiculum, pre- and parasubiculum, and notably the entorhinal cortex (EC) are intimately involved in the generation of limbic seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy. We investigated changes in the expression of 10 major GABAA receptor subunit mRNAs in subfields of the ventral hippoc...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Drexel M,Kirchmair E,Sperk G

更新日期：2013-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopaminergic (DA) neurons represent <0.01% of neurons in the human brain, but are essential for normal neurological and psychiatric function. The majority of these neurons reside in the ventral midbrain, but they exert their profound influences on brain function through projections to both the cortex and the basal gan...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Mani M,Ryan TA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple components of "γ-oscillations" between 30-170 Hz in the CA1 region of the hippocampus have been described, based on their coherence with oscillations in other brain regions and on their cross-frequency coupling with local θ-oscillations. However, it remains unclear whether the different sub-bands are generate...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Balakrishnan S,Pearce RA

更新日期：2015-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of light to cause pain is paradoxical. The retina detects light but is devoid of nociceptors while the trigeminal sensory ganglia (TG) contain nociceptors but not photoreceptors. Melanopsin-expressing intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) are thought to mediate light-induced pain but...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Matynia A,Nguyen E,Sun X,Blixt FW,Parikh S,Kessler J,Pérez de Sevilla Müller L,Habib S,Kim P,Wang ZZ,Rodriguez A,Charles A,Nusinowitz S,Edvinsson L,Barnes S,Brecha NC,Gorin MB

更新日期：2016-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracerebral local field potential (LFP) is a measure of brain activity that reflects the highly dynamic flow of information across neural networks. This is a composite signal that receives contributions from multiple neural sources, yet interpreting its nature and significance may be hindered by several confound...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Herreras O

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In drug users, drug-related cues alone can induce dopamine release in the dorsal striatum. Instructive cues activate inputs to the striatum from both dopaminergic and cholinergic neurons, which are thought to work together to support motor learning and motivated behaviors. Imbalances in these neuromodulatory influence...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Crittenden JR,Lacey CJ,Lee T,Bowden HA,Graybiel AM

更新日期：2014-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Research efforts over the past decades have unraveled both genetic and environmental factors, which contribute to the development of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It is, to date, largely unknown how different underlying causes result in a common phenotype. However, the individual course of development and the diffe...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Schoen M,Asoglu H,Bauer HF,Müller HP,Abaei A,Sauer AK,Zhang R,Song TJ,Bockmann J,Kassubek J,Rasche V,Grabrucker AM,Boeckers TM

更新日期：2019-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is an ideal organism for studying neural plasticity and animal behaviors. A total of 302 neurons of a C. elegans hermaphrodite have been classified into 118 neuronal groups. This simple neural circuit provides a solid basis for understanding the mechanisms of the brains of higher an...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Sasakura H,Tsukada Y,Takagi S,Mori I

更新日期：2013-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the large remaining challenges in the field of zebrafish neuroscience is the establishment of techniques and preparations that permit the recording and perturbation of neural activity in animals that can interact meaningfully with the environment. Since it is very difficult to do this in freely behaving zebrafi...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Engert F

更新日期：2013-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNP granules at adult central synapses are postulated to regulate local mRNA translation and synapse plasticity. However, they are very poorly characterized in vivo. Here, in Drosophila olfactory synapses, we present early observations and characterization of candidate synaptic mRNP particles, one of which contains a...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Hillebrand J,Pan K,Kokaram A,Barbee S,Parker R,Ramaswami M

更新日期：2010-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical sensory systems are active with rich patterns of activity during sleep and under light anesthesia. Remarkably, this activity shares many characteristics with those present when the awake brain responds to sensory stimuli. We review two specific forms of such activity: slow-wave activity (SWA) in the adult bra...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： McVea DA,Murphy TH,Mohajerani MH

更新日期：2016-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic programs controlling ontogeny drive many of the essential connectivity patterns within the brain. Yet it is activity, derived from the experience of interacting with the world, that sculpts the precise circuitry of the central nervous system. Such experience-dependent plasticity has been observed throughout th...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Priebe NJ,McGee AW

更新日期：2014-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mammalian central nervous system, most sensory information passes through primary sensory thalamic nuclei, however the consequence of this remains unclear. Various propositions exist, likening the thalamus to a gate, or a high pass filter. Here, using a simple leaky integrate and fire model based on physiologic...

journal_title：Frontiers in neural circuits

authors： Connelly WM,Laing M,Errington AC,Crunelli V

更新日期：2016-01-14 00:00:00