Epilepsy insights revealed by intravital functional optical imaging

MA Stern, R Dingledine, RE Gross… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Despite an abundance of pharmacologic and surgical epilepsy treatments, there remain
millions of patients suffering from poorly controlled seizures. One approach to closing this …

[HTML][HTML] Local feedback inhibition tightly controls rapid formation of hippocampal place fields

SV Rolotti, MS Ahmed, M Szoboszlay, T Geiller… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Hippocampal place cells underlie spatial navigation and memory. Remarkably, CA1
pyramidal neurons can form new place fields within a single trial by undergoing rapid …

Dual-color GRAB sensors for monitoring spatiotemporal serotonin release in vivo

F Deng, J Wan, G Li, H Dong, X **a, Y Wang, X Li… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The serotonergic system plays important roles in both physiological and pathological
processes, and is a widely used therapeutic target for many psychiatric disorders. Although …

Repeated episodes of postictal hypoxia are a mechanism for interictal cognitive impairments

BR Villa, D Bhatt, MD Wolff, K Addo-Osafo, JR Epp… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Comorbidities during the period between seizures present a significant challenge for
individuals with epilepsy. Despite their clinical relevance, the pathophysiology of the …

Seizure-induced neutrophil adhesion in brain capillaries leads to a decrease in postictal cerebral blood flow

HK Lim, S Bae, K Han, BM Kang, Y Jeong, SG Kim… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Cerebral hypoperfusion has been proposed as a potential cause of postictal neurological
dysfunction in epilepsy, but its underlying mechanism is still unclear. We show that a 30 …

Imaging the endocannabinoid signaling system

B Dudok, I Soltesz - Journal of neuroscience methods, 2022 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid (eCB) system is one of the most widespread neuromodulatory
systems in the mammalian brain, with a multifaceted role in functions ranging from …