Optical microscopy has for centuries been a key tool to study living cells with minimum
invasiveness. The advent of single molecule techniques over the past two decades has …

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are light-emitting particles on the nanometer scale that
have emerged as a new class of fluorescent labels for chemical analysis, molecular …

N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are located in neuronal cell membranes at
synaptic and extrasynaptic locations, where they are believed to mediate distinct …

Fluorescent carbon dots (small carbon nanoparticles with the surface passivated by
oligomeric PEG molecules) were evaluated for their cytotoxicity and in vivo toxicity and also …

Many kinds of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) including semiconductor, metal, metal oxide,
and lanthanide-doped NPs have been developed for imaging and therapy applications …

Many synapses in the mature CNS are wrapped by a dense extracellular matrix (ECM).
Using single-particle tracking and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, we found that …

Fluorescence imaging techniques play a pivotal role in our understanding of the nervous
system. The emergence of various super-resolution microscopy methods and specialized …

Control of the glutamate time course in the synapse is crucial for excitatory transmission.
This process is mainly ensured by astrocytic transporters, high expression of which is …

AMPA glutamate receptors (AMPARs) mediate fast excitatory synaptic transmission. Upon
fast consecutive synaptic stimulation, transmission can be depressed. Recuperation from …

Versatile superresolution imaging methods, able to give dynamic information of endogenous
molecules at high density, are still lacking in biological science. Here, superresolved images …