Multiphoton fluorescence microscopy for in vivo imaging

C Xu, M Nedergaard, DJ Fowell, P Friedl, N Ji - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Multiphoton fluorescence microscopy (MPFM) has been a game-changer for optical
imaging, particularly for studying biological tissues deep within living organisms. MPFM …

Role of Microglia in Central Nervous System Development and Plasticity

DP Schafer, B Stevens… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2024 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The nervous system comprises a remarkably diverse and complex network of cell types,
which must communicate with one another with speed, reliability, and precision. Thus, the …

Sleep-like cortical dynamics during wakefulness and their network effects following brain injury

M Massimini, M Corbetta, MV Sanchez-Vives… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
By connecting old and recent notions, different spatial scales, and research domains, we
introduce a novel framework on the consequences of brain injury focusing on a key role of …

Anything but small: Microarousals stand at the crossroad between noradrenaline signaling and key sleep functions

A Lüthi, M Nedergaard - Neuron, 2025 - cell.com
Continuous sleep restores the brain and body, whereas fragmented sleep harms cognition
and health. Microarousals (MAs), brief (3-to 15-s-long) wake intrusions into sleep, are …

Astrocytes release ATP/ADP and glutamate in flashes via vesicular exocytosis

H Li, Y Zhao, R Dai, P Geng, D Weng, W Wu, F Yu… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Astrocytes regulate brain functions through gliotransmitters like ATP/ADP and glutamate, but
their release patterns and mechanisms remain controversial. Here, we visualized ATP/ADP …

Microglia: Activity‐dependent regulators of neural circuits

V Durán Laforet, DP Schafer - … of the New York Academy of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It has been more than a century since Pío del Río‐Hortega first characterized microglia in
histological stains of brain tissue. Since then, significant advances have been made in …

Morphotype-specific calcium signaling in human microglia

S Nevelchuk, B Brawek, N Schwarz… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Key functions of Ca2+ signaling in rodent microglia include monitoring
the brain state as well as the surrounding neuronal activity and sensing the danger or …

Activation of locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons rapidly drives homeostatic sleep pressure

D Silverman, C Chen, S Chang, L Bui, Y Zhang… - Science …, 2025 - science.org
Homeostatic sleep regulation is essential for optimizing the amount and timing of sleep for
its revitalizing function, but the mechanism underlying sleep homeostasis remains poorly …

Neuroprotective actions of norepinephrine in neurological diseases

M Ghasemi, N Mehranfard - Pflügers Archiv-European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Precise control of norepinephrine (NE) levels and NE-receptor interaction is crucial for
proper function of the brain. Much evidence for this view comes from experimental studies …

Neuron-astrocyte Coupling in Lateral Habenula Mediates Depressive-like Behaviors

Q **n, J Wang, J Zheng, Y Tan, X Jia, Z Ni, J Feng… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The lateral habenular (LHb) neurons and astrocytes have been strongly implicated in
depression etiology but it was not clear how the two dynamically interact during depression …