Optogenetics for light control of biological systems

V Emiliani, E Entcheva, R Hedrich… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Optogenetic techniques have been developed to allow control over the activity of selected
cells within a highly heterogeneous tissue, using a combination of genetic engineering and …

Optogenetics at the presynapse

BR Rost, J Wietek, O Yizhar, D Schmitz - Nature neuroscience, 2022 - nature.com
Optogenetic actuators enable highly precise spatiotemporal interrogation of biological
processes at levels ranging from the subcellular to cells, circuits and behaving organisms …

A phosphoinositide signalling pathway mediates rapid lysosomal repair

JX Tan, T Finkel - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Lysosomal dysfunction has been increasingly linked to disease and normal ageing,.
Lysosomal membrane permeabilization (LMP), a hallmark of lysosome-related diseases …

Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: from genetic heterogeneity to phenotypic continuum

R Guerrini, V Conti, M Mantegazza… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) are a heterogeneous group of
disorders characterized by early-onset, often severe epileptic seizures and EEG …

Optogenetic tools for subcellular applications in neuroscience

BR Rost, F Schneider-Warme, D Schmitz, P Hegemann - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
The ability to study cellular physiology using photosensitive, genetically encoded molecules
has profoundly transformed neuroscience. The modern optogenetic toolbox includes …

Dendritic spines: Revisiting the physiological role

SB Chidambaram, AG Rathipriya, SR Bolla… - Progress in Neuro …, 2019 - Elsevier
Dendritic spines are small, thin, specialized protrusions from neuronal dendrites, primarily
localized in the excitatory synapses. Sophisticated imaging techniques revealed that …

Next-generation interfaces for studying neural function

JA Frank, MJ Antonini, P Anikeeva - Nature biotechnology, 2019 - nature.com
Monitoring and modulating the diversity of signals used by neurons and glia in a closed-loop
fashion is necessary to establish causative links between biochemical processes within the …

The synaptic vesicle cycle revisited: new insights into the modes and mechanisms

NL Chanaday, MA Cousin, I Milosevic… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
Neurotransmission is sustained by endocytosis and refilling of synaptic vesicles (SVs)
locally within the presynapse. Until recently, a consensus formed that after exocytosis, SVs …

Efficient optogenetic silencing of neurotransmitter release with a mosquito rhodopsin

M Mahn, I Saraf-Sinik, P Patil, M Pulin, E Bitton… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Information is carried between brain regions through neurotransmitter release from axonal
presynaptic terminals. Understanding the functional roles of defined neuronal projection …

A conserved ion channel function of STING mediates noncanonical autophagy and cell death

J Xun, Z Zhang, B Lv, D Lu, H Yang, G Shang… - EMBO …, 2024 - embopress.org
The cGAS/STING pathway triggers inflammation upon diverse cellular stresses such as
infection, cellular damage, aging, and diseases. STING also triggers noncanonical …