Construction and use of an adaptive optics two-photon microscope with direct wavefront sensing

P Yao, R Liu, T Broggini, M Thunemann, D Kleinfeld - Nature Protocols, 2023 - nature.com
Two-photon microscopy, combined with the appropriate optical labelling, enables the
measurement and tracking of submicrometer structures within brain cells, as well as the …

Distinguishing features of fold‐switching proteins

D Chakravarty, JW Schafer, LL Porter - Protein Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Though many folded proteins assume one stable structure that performs one function, a
small‐but‐increasing number remodel their secondary and tertiary structures and change …

Lactate biosensors for spectrally and spatially multiplexed fluorescence imaging

Y Nasu, A Aggarwal, GNT Le, CT Vo, Y Kambe… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract l-Lactate is increasingly appreciated as a key metabolite and signaling molecule in
mammals. However, investigations of the inter-and intra-cellular dynamics of l-lactate are …

Blazed oblique plane microscopy reveals scale-invariant inference of brain-wide population activity

M Hoffmann, J Henninger, J Veith, L Richter… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Due to the size and opacity of vertebrate brains, it has until now been impossible to
simultaneously record neuronal activity at cellular resolution across the entire adult brain. As …

Hebbian instruction of axonal connectivity by endogenous correlated spontaneous activity

N Matsumoto, D Barson, L Liang, MC Crair - Science, 2024 - science.org
Spontaneous activity refines neural connectivity prior to the onset of sensory experience, but
it remains unclear how such activity instructs axonal connectivity with subcellular precision …

NMDAR-dependent presynaptic homeostasis in adult hippocampus: Synapse growth and cross-modal inhibitory plasticity

PH Chipman, RD Fetter, LC Panzera, SJ Bergerson… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Homeostatic plasticity (HP) encompasses a suite of compensatory physiological processes
that counteract neuronal perturbations, enabling brain resilience. Currently, we lack a …

Emergence of a brainstem somatosensory tonotopic map for substrate vibration

KS Lee, AJ Loutit, D de Thomas Wagner… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Perceiving substrate-borne vibrations is a fundamental component of tactile perception. How
location (somatotopy) and frequency tuning (tonotopy) of vibrations are integratively …

Local and global predictors of synapse elimination during motor learning

NG Hedrick, WJ Wright, T Komiyama - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
During learning, synaptic connections between excitatory neurons in the brain display
considerable dynamism, with new connections being added and old connections …

Artificial meshed vessel-induced dimensional breaking growth of human brain organoids and multiregional assembloids

L Xu, H Ding, S Wu, N **ong, Y Hong, W Zhu, X Chen… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Brain organoids are widely used to model brain development and diseases. However, a
major challenge in their application is the insufficient supply of oxygen and nutrients to the …

Neuromodulator and neuropeptide sensors and probes for precise circuit interrogation in vivo

J Muir, M Anguiano, CK Kim - Science, 2024 - science.org
To determine how neuronal circuits encode and drive behavior, it is often necessary to
measure and manipulate different aspects of neurochemical signaling in awake animals …