Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
2003
Two-photon calcium imaging is a powerful means for monitoring the activity of distinct neurons in brain tissue in vivo. In the mammalian brain, such imaging studies have been restricted largely to… (More)
LONG-TERM potentiation (LTP) is a cellular mechanism that potentially underlies learning and memory1. To test the hypothesis that LTP is involved in activity-dependent synapse formation, we combined… (More)
In the mammalian central nervous system, slow synaptic excitation involves the activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs). It has been proposed that C1-type transient receptor potential… (More)
Hyperpolarization-activated cation (HCN) channels are believed to be involved in the generation of cardiac pacemaker depolarizations as well as in the control of neuronal excitability and plasticity.… (More)
Two-photon imaging of large neuronal networks in cortical slices of newborn rats revealed synchronized oscillations in intracellular Ca2+ concentration. These spontaneous Ca2+ waves usually started… (More)
In the classical view, transmission of signals across synapses in the mammalian brain involves changes in the membrane potential of the postsynaptic cell. The use of high-resolution cellular imaging… (More)
1. By applying fura-2-based fluorometric calcium imaging to neonatal rat hippocampal slices we identified a developmentally regulated spontaneous neuronal activity in the CA1 region of the… (More)
The Ca2+ fraction of the ion current flowing through glutamatergic NMDA and AMPA/kainate receptor channels was determined in forebrain neurons of the medial septum. The neurons were overloaded with… (More)
We have used rapid confocal microscopy to investigate the mechanism of Ca(2+) signals in individual dendritic spines of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells. The experiments focused on the signals that… (More)
1. Synaptically connected neurones were identified in the granule cell layer of slices of 17- to 21-day-old rat hippocampus. Whole-cell current recording using the patch-clamp technique revealed… (More)